TOAD

the name usually applied to members of the genus Bufo and of the family Bofonids. They differ from frogs chiefly by the total absence of teeth; the entire tongue which is bifid in frogs, and in certain anatomical features, such as the shoulder girdle and the saceal vertebra. The value of Ts. to the farmer and gardener cannot be exaggerated as they feed entirely on insects, millipedes, woodlice, slugs, and snails.