South Africa: How Tiny Toads Seize the Day - and the Weather Conditions - for Breeding

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Rose's mountain toadlet is a very small amphibian - adults grow to just 2 centimetres in length. These little toads can be found scattered across the mountainous, fynbos-rich biodiversity hotspot on the Cape Peninsula near Cape Town, South Africa.

The toadlet usually gathers to breed in a few small puddles that form during the winter rainfall season each year, in August and September. They rely on rainfall to fill their breeding puddles. But the region's climate is altering, becoming increasingly dry.

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