Dissonant Toad

Dissonant Toad
Physical Description
Species	Toad
Relationships
Owner(s)	Monty Montgomery †
Loyalty	VFD (possibly)
Behind the Scenes
Appearances	The Reptile Room Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography {mentioned)
Adaptation Appearances	See: Dissonant Tortoise

“	Overheard a gravelly voice, as in 'the Dissonant Toad, which could imitate human speech in a gravelly voice,' described in Chapter Three. I hid behind a tree in order to disguise myself as a cow, hiding behind a tree. The voice was muttering, apparently to itself, on how inconvenient it was to drown someone, because it got all wet and it hated that. Concluded it was not a toad because toads like to get wet.	”
	— Count Olaf's unnamed associate, Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography

The Dissonant Toad is a species of toad that was kept in Monty Montgomery's Reptile Room.

Description

The Dissonant Toad is able to imitate human speech in a gravelly voice.

A specimen of the toad was kept in Monty Montgomery's Reptile Room, and was in shown to the Baudelaire children. With the rest of the collection, it was confiscated by the Herpetological Society following Montgomery's death. The toad was searched for by an associate of Count Olaf, but they were distracted by someone with a similar gravelly voice talking about drowning someone.

Trivia

• While it makes no direct appearance in either the 2004 film or Netflix adaptation, it could be referenced in the latter's Dissonant Tortoise.

Appearances

Books
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Books)
1. The Bad Beginning (1999):	Absent	7. The Vile Village (2001):	Absent
2. The Reptile Room (1999):	Debut	8. The Hostile Hospital (2001):	Absent
3. The Wide Window (2000):	Absent	9. The Carnivorous Carnival (2002):	Absent
4. The Miserable Mill (2000):	Absent	10. The Slippery Slope (2003):	Absent
5. The Austere Academy (2000):	Absent	11. The Grim Grotto (2004):	Absent
6. The Ersatz Elevator (2001):	Absent	12. The Penultimate Peril (2005):	Absent
13. The End (2006):		Absent
All the Wrong Questions
Who Could That Be at This Hour? (2012):	Absent	Shouldn't You Be in School? (2014):	Absent
When Did You See Her Last? (2013):	Absent	Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (2015):	Absent
File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014):		Absent
Snicketverse
Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography (2002):		Mentioned
The Dismal Dinner (2004):		Absent
The Beatrice Letters (2006):		Absent
29 Myths on the Swinster Pharmacy (2014):		Absent
The Hero of the Story (2017):		Absent
Poison for Breakfast (2021):		Absent
Other Snicket Books
The Baby in the Manger (2002):		Absent
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming (2007):		Absent
The Lump of Coal (2008):		Absent
The Composer Is Dead (2009):		Absent
13 Words (2010):		Absent
The Dark (2013):		Absent
Goldfish Ghost (2017):		Absent