spiegel.de reported today that the reason for those toads to explode are the crows who eat the livers of the toads. the toads pump themself up as a defence trick but since they are wounded they explode.
complete article (in german) here: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/e...353749,00.html
 wikipedia already has an article about the exploding toads (including a picture of an exploded toad):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploding_toad
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