Deku Toad

The Deku Toad is the mini-boss of the Lakebed Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.` The Deku Toad attacks by jumping to the ceiling and trying to land on Link, and by hatching the Toado eggs on her back. Once Link defeats all of the Toados, which can be easily done with a spin attack, the Deku Toad will leap to the ceiling again, and if she misses, he will fall really hard against the floor sticking out his tongue. Link can also force him to stick out his tongue by firing a Bomb Arrow into his mouth when she opens it. Once her tongue is out, she can be damaged by slashing it with the sword. After a few hits she will go down and spit up a chest with the Clawshot. She is a giant version of the enemy Toadpolis, that are similar to the Octoroks in other Zelda games.

It is unknown why she has the prefiex "Deku" in its name, considering the the Deku are a plant-like race. But it could possibly be because of her glowing eyes (a trait of all Dekus) and the plant-like growths on her head. The Deku Toad is similar to the real-world Surinam Toad as they both carry their eggs on their back.