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American toad

Anaxyrus americanus

Photo by LisaPowers
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Adult female toad, ~3 inch SVL. Tan with some darker striations and well defined darker spots with 1 -2 warts in each dark spot.

Habitat:

rural paved road, near a farm pond during a rainy night

Notes:

Photo 3 in the series shows the cranial crests and parotoids detail.

Reference Links:

American toad - Wikipedia

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Comments (1)
HemaShah
beautiful series.Thanks for sharing.

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PublishedMarch 11, 2017

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