I have toads in my yard near my back door. I actually ran over one with the truck when backing out a few months ago, but otherwise I see them frequently when walking the dog early in the morning. After a recent heavy rain, I saw the picture below in the suddenly-full plant saucers.
Apparently the toad was ready to lay eggs and the full saucers looked like a reasonable body of water to do so in. There really isn't any other water nearby. However, my plant saucers are in no way viable nurseries for tadpoles. Alas.
In the absence of any still bodies of water--I actually don't know where the nearest one is--any toads that wander into my back yard have few options for spawning.
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