Deku Toad

The Deku Toad (デグトード, Degu Toad) is the mini-boss of the Lakebed Temple in Twilight Princess. The Deku Toad is initially clinging to the ceiling, and begins the fight by dropping down to the floor and shaking off several Toado eggs from her back. Like most small, swarming enemies in Twilight Princess, the hatchling Toados can be dealt with efficiently using the spin attack.

The Deku Toad's attack pattern is to jump to the ceiling, attempt to fall down on Link, and shake off more Toado eggs. If Link can roll out of the way in time to avoid being crushed, she will be stunned momentarily, allowing Link to strike her exposed tongue. Following this, if Link can manage to shoot a bomb arrow into her mouth, she will be stunned again, exposing her tongue once more. Otherwise she continues her attack pattern. After several hits to her tongue, the Deku Toad will be destroyed, but not before coughing up a chest containing the Clawshot.

The Deku Toad is a giant version of the enemy Toadpolis, that are similar to the Oktoroks in other Zelda games. The Toado could therefore be the tadpole stage of the Toadpolis.

It is unknown why it has the prefix "Deku" in its name, considering that the Deku are a plant-like race. But it could possibly be because of her glowing red 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.

Trivia

 * The Deku Toad bears some similarity in the way it acts to Wart, a mini-boss of the Great Bay Temple. Like Wart, it has many eye-like objects on its body (though these are actually its eggs), but not nearly as many as Wart did. It also starts the battle on the ceiling, like Wart. Interestingly enough, the final boss of Super Mario Bros. 2 is a giant toad named Wart.
 * The theme song that plays in the background when the Deku Toad's tongue is vulnerable has some similarity to the Penguin's theme song on the old Batman TV show.
 * Like Molgera, its weak spot is its tongue.
 * Despite its name, the Deku Toad looks more like a frog rather than a toad, due to its lack of warts.