The peculiarity of the feeding common toad Bufo bufo (Anura, Amphibia) in different biotops

A feed of a common toad Bufo bufo in woods of different types is studied. The food consisted of representatives Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda. Vertebrate animals are not found in food. In a deciduous wood prevailed Formicidae, Opiliones, Diplopoda, Chilopoda, imago Carabidae and Staphylinidae. In a fir grove and an alder wood prevailing groups were similar (Formicidae, Diplopoda, imago Carabidae and Staphylinidae). Propensity of a toad to eating ants is marked. The basis of food was made with running forms, inhabitants of a surface of ground and a laying. Change in preference of victims with increase in the sizes was observed. Larger individuals consumed much more representatives from groups Opiliones, Diplopoda, Chilopoda. At fine individuals in food small arthropods on the size from such groups prevailed: Aranei, Acarina, Collembola and Ichneumonidae.