Show habits of frogs and toads toad most frogs and toads lay egglin water but in france and southern europe the midwife toad lays lay her eggs on an the ground where they are deposited in a long string consisting of as many as 50 while laying she is attended by her mate who watches the whole proceeding and when she has completed her task h he takes possession of them he arranges them round his hind legs and loins the eggs are bright yellow and when first laid are perfectly round but they soon become oval or flattened |