THE presence of ugly toads is a bad sign and not just in the way of superstition. Ady Kristanto, the coordinator for Jakarta Green Monster’s Research and Monitoring section, says that if in your environment the only animal able to sustain life is the one referred to as the Bufo melanostictus then you are facing a serious degradation in the quality of your environment. “Such toads, like sparrows, have a very high ability to adapt to their envi