Bombina orientalis

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FUN FACTS
The fire-bellied toad is well camouflaged with its green and black markings. When threatened, a fire-bellied toad will raise its head, arms and legs upward to show its brightly colored orange and black belly as a warning.  This alerts would-be predators of the toad's toxic skin secretions. This behavior is called an unken reflex.

CONSERVATION
Populations are decreasing.  All amphibians are at risk due to factors such as habitat destruction, pollution and diseases such as ranavirus and chytrid fungus.