We got a little rain this morning so I thought I'd go check out a lake near my house for tiger sallies but was instead attacked by a clan of hundreds of thousands of little toads about an inch long at the most. it was hard to step without crushing them, but there were so many I dont think it would have made a difference if a few where squished I'm thinking maybe Western Toad, or even red-spotted, but to tell you the truth I'm not a big toad guy...
sorry for the image quality in advance, my camera attempted suicide and jumped off my counter, so it's currently in the hospital and i have to use a lousy point and shoot
don't worry, they're only in the terrarium cause I'm keeping them for a brief photo shoot, and then they'll be released to go dare poor little animals to swallow em up
thanks,
Ian
Toad invasion! need ID's
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Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
Great Plains Toad Anaxyrus Cognatus lack of a dorsal stripe means it is most likely not a woodhouse. Unless, are there dorsal stripe-less ones I have yet to encounter?
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Thanks for the replies. But no none of them have a dorsal stripe, which is what confused me...
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Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
Anaxyrus woodhousii is most likely - I'm with Rob. Those are NOT cognatus - they've got a different morphology and distinctly different blotches. Are they low-land toads, or from higher up? What sort of habitat? Any photos of the adult animals from the area? A. boreus toadlets can look similar to woodhousii, so I'm not ruling them out until I get more info.
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Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
Though these are adults, compare the blotch pattern of the woodhousii with the cognatus. The woodhousii have 1-3 warts, often reddish in color, per black-outlined blotch. The cognatus have large blotches.
Here's a washed-out woodhouseii:
Here's a typical cognatus:
Here's a washed-out woodhouseii:
Here's a typical cognatus:
Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
Yep it definitely looks like a woodhouse's then cause they all have several small red blotches. I looked for any adults but all I could find were the hundreds of these little guys the only thing is that they have very distinct spots, and although your picture is of a washed out specimen, it still doesn't seem to have any remnants of dark spots, and yet the picture of the cognatus looks to have more of a greener hue than these have...
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Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
It did in life - they were just washed out. The 1-3 warts per light-edged dark spot are a classic woodhousii trait.SnakeDude wrote:it still doesn't seem to have any remnants of dark spots
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Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
Not even a question. Woodhouse.
Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
Thanks for the ID's guys. I had no clue woodhouse's where right in my back yard