American Toad (Bufo americanus)
American Toad is a very common large toad in the Piedmont and Mountain regions of North Carolina. Very similar to Fowler's Toad, but the dark patches on Fowler's encircle several spots instead of just one or two.
American Toad
Bufo americanus
Summary: This habitat generalist occurs at almost all sites inventoried in the region to date.
American Toad
Bufo americanus
photo by Jeff Davis
Listen to the call of the American toad
Species Description: ...
American Toad
Scientific Name: Anaxyrus americanus
Size: 2-3.5 inches (5-8.9 cm) in length
PA Status: Abundant
PAHERP Resource: Toad's of Pennsylvania ...
American Toad
Range:
Southeastern Canada, eastern United States
Habitat:
Various habitats including forests, woodlands, yards; breed in ponds, slow streams, ditches
Conservation Status:
Common
Scientific Name:
Bufo americanus ...
American Toad
(Bufo americanus)
DESCRIPTION: Normally 2-3 1/2 inches. Is sometimes confused with Fowlers Toad, occasionally the two hybridize. The American Toad has only one or warts in each of the larger dark spots.
American Toad
Bufo americanus americanus
Champaign Co., Illinois. April 8, 1991 ...
American toad range
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American Toad Stats
Scientific Name: Bufo americanus
Family: Bufonidae
Adult Size: Usually 3 inches (range 2 to 4 inches).
Range: The American toad has an extensive range in North America.
American toads are often reddish in color.
Photo by JD Willson
Photo by JD Willson ...
RangeThe American toad can be found in most areas of eastern Canada and the United States. In Canada, it can be found from southeast Manitoba to Labrador.
Subspecies The subspecies found in Minnesota is the eastern American toad, Bufo americanus americanus. Range The American toad is found statewide in Minnesota. Habitat This toad is found everywhere in the state in every habitat.
American Toad (RealAudio sound sample)
The male's advertisement call is a long, dreamlike, musical trill lasting from several seconds to 30 seconds or more (average duration around 10-15 seconds).
American Toad
Notes on this species:
The genus Anaxyrus was split from Bufo by Frost et al in 2006. Most references still use the long-established Bufo.
American Toad (Bufo americanus)
Photos by J.D. Willson unless otherwise noted
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American Toads are about 2 to 3 1/2 inches long (5.1 to 9 cm) and can be brown, gray, olive or reddish brown with darker and lighter spots on their warts.
Eastern American Toad (Bufo americanus)
DESCRIPTION: Common "hop toad" of gardens and yards. Brownish skin is very warty. Short, but large and muscular hind legs allow it to move more easily through woodlands and backyards.
Cane toad, giant American toad, marine toad
Bufo marinus
While other frogs and toads are becoming endangered, the cane toad has been very successful. Its density is higher in Australia than in its native home.
American toad, Bufo americanus
This is the common hop toad found in many backyards across the state. It averages 2 to 3½ inches in length (Conant and Collins, 1998).
American Toad
Bufo americanus
Photo by Charlie Freeman, TWRA
Description: American toads are 2 - 3.5 inches long. Their coloration varies from shades of gray or brown to brick red.
(1) American Toad color variation.
(2) Notice the cranial ridge
and parotid gland behind the eye
(3) top photo: mid-dorsal stripe ...
American Toad - Bufo americanus
Fowler's Toad - Bufo fowleri
Oak Toad - Bufo quercicus
Southern Toad - Bufo terrestris ...
The American Toad, Bufo americanus, is divided into two subspecies, the Eastern American Toad, B. a. americanus, and the Dwarf American Toad, B. a. charlesmithi.
Dwarf American Toad
Bufo americanus charlesmithi
Color variable, though usually a rusty-red. Skin dry with 1-2 warts per dark spot (some individuals without spots). Chest speckled with black.
Large wart-like gland located behind each eye of toads.
The Eastern American Toad is now documented from all 72 counties in Wisconsin. It is a common and ubiquitous species, present wherever appropriate breeding habitat remains.
Eastern American Toad (photo by G.S. Casper) ...
American toad (Bufo americanus)
Atlantic Coast slimy salamander (Plethodon chlorobryonis)
barking treefrog (Hyla gratiosa)
Black Mountain salamander (Desmognathus welteri)
blackbellied salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) ...
Cane toads are a species, or kind, of South American toad. They were introduced into Queensland in 1935 to eat beetles that were destroying the sugar cane.
Description: The southern toad closely resembles the American toad and the Fowler’s toad but is most easily distinguished by the large knobs on its pronounced cranial crests.
The call is a high clear trill that lasts an average of 14 seconds. The call is much like that of the American toad (Bufo americanus), but ususally slightly higher in pitch.
Similar species in our area: Very similar to the American Toad (B. americanus). Paratoid not connected to cranial ridge, and different mating call than Fowler's Toad.
Bufonidae (True Toads) Common Name Scientific Name Distribution
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus
Statewide except Nantucket County.
Frogs and toads on exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo include the grey tree frog, American toad, northern leopard frog, and wood frog.
' She releases her eggs one at a time, rather than in long strings, and is the only North American toad to do so. The male fertilizes the eggs, which are enveloped in a gelatinous coating to protect the embryo.
There are about a dozen Bufo species in the United States, among them the common American toad (Bufo americanus), Fowlers toad (B. fowleri), of the E United States, and the red-spotted toad (B. punctatus), of the Southwest.
 See also: Toad, Spring Peeper, Peeper, Gray Treefrog, Wood Frog
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