Bufonidae - True Toads | 
                
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                      North/Central American Species | 
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American Toad - Anaxyrus americanus    | 
                      Incilius cycladen   Incilius fastidiosus Jeweled Toad - Incilius gemmifer Holdridge's Toad - Incilius holdridgei Southern Round-Gland Toad - Incilius ibarrai Incilius intermedius Incilius leucomyos Incilius luetkenii Incilius macrocristatus Incilius marmoreus Incilius mazatlanensis Incilius melanochlorus Coastal Plain Toad- Incilius nebulifer Pine Toad - Incilius occidentalis Golden Toad - Incilius periglenes Incilius peripatetes Confusing Toad - Incilius perplexus Incilius pisinnus Incilius porteri Incilius signifer Incilius spiculatus Chimalapa Toad - Incilius tutelarius Volcan Tacana Toad - Incilius tacanensis Incilius valliceps Cuban Pine Toad - Peltophryne cataulaciceps Cuban Small-eared Toad - Peltophryne empusa Peltophryne florentinoi Hispaniolan Crestless Toad - Peltophryne fluviatica Eastern Crested Toad - Peltophryne fracta Western Giant Toad - Peltophryne fustiger Southern Crested Toad - Peltophryne guentheri Cuban High-crested Toad - Peltophryne gundlachi Puerto Rican Crested Toad - Peltophryne lemur Cuban Long-nosed Toad - Peltophryne longinasus Sapo Timbalero - Peltophryne peltocephala Cuban Spotted Toad - Peltophryne taladai Rhaebo haematiticus Rhinella acrolopha Sapo Cabeciagudo - Rhinella acutirostris Sapito Granuloso De Beebe - Rhinella beebei Rhinella chrysophora Rhinella granulosa South American Common Toad-Rhinella margaritifera Cane Toad - Rhinella marina  | 
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North/Central American Species | 
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Wyoming Toad - Anaxyrus baxteri    | 
                      
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Adenomus dasi    
  
  
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                  Adenomus dasi is found  in only one location in Sri Lanka.
                    Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School   
Adenomus dasi  
  
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                    Adenomus dasi is threatened by water pollution from nearby tea plantations.
                    Source: Arkive  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Kelaart’s Dwarf Toad - Adenomus kelaartii  
   
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Kelaart's dwarf toad is found in Sri Lanka.
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Kelaart’s Dwarf Toad - Adenomus kelaartii  
  
   
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Kelaart's dwarf toad is found in wet tropical forests.
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Blanford's Toad - Amietophrynus blanfordii   
  
  
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                   Blanford's  toad is found in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.
                    Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School   
Braun’s Toad - Amietophrynus brauni  
  
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Braun's toad is found in Tanzania.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Braun’s Toad - Amietophrynus brauni  
  
  
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Braun's  toad is found in the  leaf-litter on the forest floor.
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Braun’s Toad - Amietophrynus brauni  
  
  
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Female Braun's  toads are 3-4 inches in length. Males are around 2.5 inches in length.
Source: African Amphibians Lifedesk Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle  School  
Amietophrynus camerunensis   
  
  
  
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                     Amietophrynus camerunensis is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the  Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria.
                    Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School   
Garman's Toad - Amietophrynus garmani   
  
  
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                    Garman's toad  is found in Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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                  Amietophrynus gracilipes   
  
  
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                  Amietophrynus gracilipes is found in Cameroon, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria.
                  Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School   
African Common Toad - Amietophrynus gutturalis  
  
  
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The African common toad is found in Angola, Botswana, Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Source: African Amphibians Lifedesk Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Hallowell's Toad - Amietophrynus maculatus  
  
  
  
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Hallowell's  toad is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
Western Leopard Toad - Amietophrynus pantherinus  
  
  
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                  The western leopard toad is found in a very small region in the Western Cape Province in South Africa.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Western Leopard Toad - Amietophrynus pantherinus  
  
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                    The western leopard toad is also known as the anther toad and the Cape toad. 
                    Source: African Amphibians Lifedesk Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Common Lowveld Toad -  Amietophrynus poweri  
  
  
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The common Lowveld toad is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
Source: African Amphibians and Life Desk  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Ranger's Toad - Amietophrynus rangeri  
  
  
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                    Ranger's  toad is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland.
  Source: African Amphibians Lifedesk Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  Teacher Section:No
African Giant Toad - Amietophrynus superciliaris  
  
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The African giant toad is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire,  Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Togo Toad - Amietophrynus togoensis  
   
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                    The Togo toad is found in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
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Abra Malaga Toad - Nannophryne corynetes  
   
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The Abra Malaga toad is found in Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Amargosa Toad - Anaxyrus nelsoni  
  
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                    The Amargosa toad is found in the Amargosa River and its tibutaries in southern Nevada.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Amargosa Toad - Anaxyrus nelsoni  
  
  
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Female Amargosa toads are larger than males.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Amargosa Toad - Anaxyrus nelsoni  
  
  
  
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The Amargosa toad is threatened by habitat loss and non-native predators like the bullfrog and the crayfish.
Source: National Public Radio Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Amargosa Toad - Anaxyrus nelsoni  
  
  
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The Amargosa toad is silent unless it is picked up. It then lets out a release call.
Source: Center for Biological Diversity Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Amargosa Toad - Anaxyrus nelsoni   
  
  
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The Amargosa toad's release call is a sharp series of chirps.
Source: Western Soundscape Archive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
                    
                    Amatola Toad - Vandijkophrynus amatolicus  
   
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                    The Amatola toad is found in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Amatola Toad - Vandijkophrynus amatolicus  
  
   
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The last sighting of a Amatola toad was in 2011. Prior to that it hadn't been seen since 1998.
Source: Amphibian Specialist Group Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School   
                    
                    Amboli Toad - Xanthophryne tigerina  
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                    The Amboli toad is found in India.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
American Toad - Anaxyrus americanus   
  
  
  
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                    The American toad is found  in most areas of eastern Canada and the United States. In Canada, it is found from southeast Manitoba to Labrador. In the United States, it is found from Minnesota east to New England and south to northeastern Louisiana, western Mississippi, northern Alabama and Georgia, and western North and South Carolina.
                  Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                    
American Toad - Anaxyrus americanus  
  
  
  
  
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The American toad is found is sometimes called the hop toad.
Source: Animal diversity Web  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Api Dwarf Toad - Pelophryne api  
  
  
  
 
                    The Api dwarf toad is found in Malaysia.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
                    Arabian Toad - Bufo arabicus  
   
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                    The Arabian toad is found in Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United  Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Arizona Toad - Anaxyrus microscaphus  
  
  
  
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                    The Arizona toad is found in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
                    Source: Reptiles of Arizona  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                      
Arizona Toad - Anaxyrus microscaphus  
  
  
  
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The Arizona toad is largely nocturnal. It spends the day burrowed in the ground.
Source: California Herps Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Arizona Toad - Anaxyrus microscaphus  
  
  
  
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The Arizona toad is aound three inches in length.
Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Arroyo Toad - Anaxyrus californicus  
  
  
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                    The arroyo toad is found in southern California and Baja California, Mexico.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Arroyo Toad - Anaxyrus californicus  
  
  
  
  
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The arroyo toad is nocturnal. It spends the day underground.
Source: California Herps Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Arroyo Toad - Anaxyrus californicus  
  
  
  
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The arroyo toad is 2-3 inches in length.
Source: San Diego  Natural History Museum Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Azuay Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus bomolochos  
   
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                    The Azuay stubfoot  toad is found in Ecuador.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Beddome’s Toad - Bufo beddomii  
  
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Beddome’s  toad is found in India.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Black Andean Toad - Atelopus ignescens  
   
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The black Andean toad was found in the northern Andes in Ecuador.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Black Andean Toad - Atelopus ignescens 
   
  
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                    The black Andean toad was last seen in the wild in 1988.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
  
                    Black Flathead Toad - Pelophryne misera  
  
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                    The black flathead toad is found in Malaysia.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Black-spectacled Toad - Duttaphrynus melanostictus  
  
  
  
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                    The black-spectacled toad is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                     
                    
                    Black Toad - Anaxyrus exsul  
  
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                    The black toad is only found in Deep Springs Valley in Inyo County in California.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Black Toad - Anaxyrus exsul  
  
  
  
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The black toad is 1.75-3 inches in length.
Source: California Herps Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Black Toad - Anaxyrus exsul  
  
  
  
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The black toad does not have a vocal sac.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
                    
                    Black Torrent Toad - Ghatophryne ornata  
   
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                    The black torrent toad is found in India.
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Black Torrent Toad - Ghatophryne ornata  
  
  
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The black torrent toad  is only a little over an inch in length.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
                    
                    Bleeding Toad - Leptophryne cruentata  
    
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                    The bleeding toad is found in West Java, Indonesia.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Bleeding Toad - Leptophryne cruentata  
  
   
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The bleeding toad gets its name for the  blood-red specks on its body.
 
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                    Brazilian Red-Belly Toad - Melanophryniscus cambaraensis  
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                    The Brazilian red-belly toad is found in Brazil.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Brongersma's Toad - Pseudepidalea brongersmai  
   
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                    Brongersma's toad is found in Algeria, Morocco, and Western Sahara.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
Cameroon Wolterstorff Toad - Wolterstorffina parvipalmata  
    
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The Cameroon Wolterstorff  toad is found in Cameroon and Nigeria.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Canadian Toad - Anaxyrus hemiophrys    
  
  
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                    The Canadian toad is found from the southern Northwest Territories through Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, Canada to northern Montana, North Dakota, northeastern South Dakota, and west-central Minnesota.
                  Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                    
Canadian Toad - Anaxyrus hemiophrys  
  
  
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The Canadian toad is 2-3.5 inches in length.
Source:Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Cane Toad - Rhinella marina   
  
   
  
  
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                    The cane toad is found from Texas south to Peru. It has been introduced to Florida, Hawaii, the Caribbean, and Austrralia.
                  Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                     
Cane Toad - Rhinella marina  
  
  
  
  
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The cane toad is a lage toad and can be as much as 9 inches in length.
Source: USGS Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Cane Toad - Rhinella marina  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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The cane toad is also known as the giant marine toad.
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                    Cannatella's Plump Toad - Osornophryne talipes  
    
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                    The Cannatella's plump toad is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Carvalho's Tree Toad - Dendrophryniscus carvalhoi  
  
  
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                  Carvalho's tree toad is found in Brazil. 
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Caucasian Toad - Bufo verrucosissimus  
   
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The caucasian toad is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Cayenne Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus flavescens  
  
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The cayenne stubfoot toad is found in French Guiana.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Central Coast Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus franciscus  
   
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The Central Coast stubfoot toad is found in French Guiana.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Chimalapa Toad - Incilius tutelarius  
  
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                    The Chimalapa  toad is found in Guatemala and Mexico. 
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Chimalapa Toad - Incilius tutelarius  
  
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The Chimalapa  toad is threatened by habitat loss.
Source: University of Texas at Arlington Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Chirinda Toad - Mertensophryne anotis  
  
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The Chirinda toad is found in Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Chiriqui Harlequin Frog - Atelopus chiriquiensis  
  
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The Chiriqui harlequin frog is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Cloud Forest Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus sorianoi  
  
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The cloud forest stubfoot toad is found in Venezuela.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Colorado River Toad - Incilius alvarius   
  
  
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                    The Colorado River toad is found in Arizona, New Mexico, California, and northern Mexico.
                  Source: Animal Diversity Web  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
Colorado River Toad - Incilius alvarius  
  
  
  
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The Colorado River toad is also known as the Sonoran Desert toad.
Source: California Herps Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Colorado River Toad - Incilius alvarius  
  
  
  
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The Colorado River toad is mostly nocturnal.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
Colorado River Toad - Incilius alvarius  
  
  
  
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Adult Colorado River toads are around 7 inches in length.
Source: Reptiles of Arizona Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Common Toad - Bufo bufo  
  
  
  
  
  
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The common toad is found in Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Common Toad - Bufo bufo  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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The common toad can live to be 40 years old.
Source: BBC  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Common Toad - Bufo bufo  
  
  
  
  
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The common toad is most active at night.
Source: Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Confusing Toad - Incilius perplexus  
  
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                    The confusing  toad is found in  Mexico. 
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                     
Cuban High-crested Toad - Peltophryne gundlachi  
  
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The Cuban high-crested  toad is found in Cuba. 
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Cuban Long-Nosed Toad - Peltophryne longinasus  
    
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The Cuban long-nosed toad is found in Cuba.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Cuban Long-Nosed Toad - Peltophryne longinasus  
  
   
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The Cuban long-nosed toad is found in woods and forests.
Source: Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
  
  Cuban Pine Toad - Peltophryne cataulaciceps  
   
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                    The Cuban pine toad is found in Cuba.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
  Cuban Small-Eared Toad - Peltophryne empusa  
   
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                    The Cuban small toad is found in Cuba.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Cuban Spotted Toad - Peltophryne taladai  
   
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                    The Cuban spotted toad is found in Cuba.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Dhofar Toad - Bufo dhufarensis  
  
   
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The Dhofar toad is found in Oman, Saudi Arabia the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Dodson's Toad - Bufo  dodsoni  
  
   
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Dodson's toad is found in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
El Chape Toad - Rhinella justinianoi  
   
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The El Chape toad is found in Bolivia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Falcon Toad - Rhinella sternosignata  
   
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The falcon toad is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Four-Digit Toad - Didynamipus sjostedti  
   
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The four-digit toad is found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Fowler's Toad - Anaxyrus fowleri  
  
  
  
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                    Fowler's toad is found in most areas of eastern United States from southern New Hampshire south to northern Florida and west to Michigan, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. Fowler's toad is also found in Canada on the banks of the Erie. 
                  Source: AmpibiaWeb  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                      
Fowler's Toad - Anaxyrus fowleri  
  
  
  
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Fowler's toad is found in open woodlands, sand prairies, meadows, and beaches.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  Teacher Section:Yes
                    
                    Golden Arrow Poison Frog - Atelopus zeteki  
  
   
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                    The golden arrow poison frog  is found in Panama.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Golden Arrow Poison Frog - Atelopus zeteki  
  
   
  
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The golden arrow poison frog   is also known as the Panamanian golden frog.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
Golden Arrow Poison Frog - Atelopus zeteki  
  
   
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The golden arrow poison frog  is found in lowland rainforests.
Source: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School   
                    
                    Golden Toad - Incilius periglenes  
  
  
  
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                    The golden toad was found in Costa Rica. There have been no recorded sightings of it since 1989.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Golden Toad - Incilius periglenes  
  
  
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                    Male golden toads were a bright yellow-orange. Females were black with red blotches edged in yellow.
Source: Animal Diversity Web  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Great Plains Toad - Anaxyrus cognatus  
  
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                    The Great Plains toad is found from southwest Manitoba, Canada, to southeast Alberta, Canada and south to Texas,  Utah and southeast California  south into Mexico.
                    Source: Animal Diversity Web  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                     
Great Plains Toad - Anaxyrus cognatus  
  
  
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                    Great Plains toads live in damp areas in open grasslands and farm fields.
Source: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Elementary  School  
Great Plains Toad - Anaxyrus cognatus  
  
  
  
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Female Great Plains toads are larger than males.
Source: Montana  Field Guide  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle  School  
Great Plains Toad - Anaxyrus cognatus  
  
  
  
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                  Great Plains toads are 2-5 inches in length.
                  Source: Reptiles of Arizona Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Anaxyrus compactilis   
  
  
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                    Anaxyrus compactilis is found in Mexico.
Source: AmphibiaWeb  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
Western Green Toad - Anaxyrus debilis   
  
  
  
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                    Western green  toads are fround from Colorado and Kansas south to Mexico.
Source: Reptiles of Arizona Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                      
Western Green Toad - Anaxyrus debilis   
  
  
  
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Western green  toads are nocturnal.
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                    Green Toad - Pseudepidalea viridis  
   
  
  
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                    The green toad is found across much of Europe.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Guajira Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus carrikeri  
  
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                    The Guajira stubfoot toad is found in Colombia.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Guanujo Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus guanujo  
  
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                    The Guanujo stubfoot toad is found in Ecuador.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Hainan Flathead Toad - Parapelophryne scalpta  
  
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                  The Hainan flathead toad is found in China.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Harlequin Frog - Atelopus erythropus  
  
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                    The harlequin frog is found in Peru.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Herveo Plump Toad - Osornophryne percrassa  
  
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The Herveo plump toad is found in Colombia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                  
Houston Toad - Anaxyrus houstonensis  
  
  
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                    The Houston toad is found in southeastern Texas.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
Houston Toad - Anaxyrus houstonensis  
  
  
  
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The Houston toad prefers habitats with sandy soil.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Houston Toad - Anaxyrus houstonensis  
  
  
  
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Habitat loss and drought threaten the Houston toad.
Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Houston Toad - Anaxyrus houstonensis  
  
  
  
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The Houston toad is 2-3.5 inches in length.
Source: Bastorop County, Texas Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Houston Toad - Anaxyrus houstonensis  
  
  
  
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Efforts are under way to insure the survival of the Houston toad in the wild.
Source: Association of Zoos and Aquariums Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Little Mexican Toad - Anaxyrus kelloggi   
  
  
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                  The little Mexican toad is found on the Pacific coastal plains of Mexico.
                    Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School   
Southwestern Toad - Anaxyrus mexicanus  
  
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                  The Southwestern toad is found in conifer forests in Mexico.
                    Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School   
Huila Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus ebenoides  
   
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The Huila stubfoot toad is found in Colombia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Incachaca Toad - Bufo quechua  
   
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The Incachaca toad is found in Bolivia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Kadamaian Stream Toad - Ansonia hanitschi  
   
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The Kadamaian stream toad is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Kihansi Spray Toad - Nectophrynoides asperginis  
   
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The Kihansi spray toad was found in Tanzania.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Kotagama’s Dwarf Toad - Bufo kotagamai  
   
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Kotagama’s dwarf toad is found in Sri Lanka.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Koyna Toad - Xanthophryne koynayensis  
   
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The Koyna toad is found in India.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Long-Fingered Slender Toad - Ansonia longidigita  
   
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The Long-fingered slender toad is found in Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Longnose Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus longirostris  
  
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                    The longnose stubfoot frog was found in nothern Ecuador.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
Puerto Rican Crested  Toad - Peltophryne lemur 
   
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The Puerto Rican crested toad is found in Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Puerto Rican Crested  Toad - Peltophryne lemur  
  
   
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The Puerto Rican crested toad gets its name from the crests above its eyes.
Source: AmphibiWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
  Luidan Stream Toad - Ansonia platysoma  
   
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                    The Luidan stream toad is found in Malaysia.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
  Lynch's Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus lynchi  
   
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                    Lynch's stubfoot toad is found in Ecuador.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Malcolm’s Ethiopia Toad - Altiphrynoides malcolmi  
   
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                    Malcolm’s Ethiopia  toad is found in Ethiopia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Marbled Tree Toad - Pedostibes rugosus  
  
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                    The marbled tree toad is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
Mertens’ Smalltongue Toad - Werneria mertensiana  
   
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The Mertens’ smalltongue toad is found in Cameroon.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Mesilau Stream Toad - Ansonia guibei  
  
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The Mesilau stream toad is found in Malaysia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Mindo Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus mindoensis  
   
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The Mindo stubfoot toad is found in Ecuador.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Montevideo Red-Belly Toad - Melanophryniscus montevidensis  
   
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The Montevideo red-belly toad is found in Brazil and Uruguay.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Morogoro Tree Toad - Nectophrynoides viviparus  
   
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The Morogoro tree  toad is found in Tanzania.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Mucubaji Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus mucubajiensis  
   
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The Mucubaji stubfoot toad is found in Venezuela.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Muller's Toad - Ansonia muelleri  
   
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Muller's toad is found in the Philippines.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Napo Plump Toad - Osornophryne antisana  
   
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The Napo plump toad is found in Ecuador.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Napo Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus planispina  
   
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The Napo stubfoot toad is found in Ecuador.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Natterjack Toad - Epidalea  calamita  
  
  
    
  
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The Natterjack toad is found in southern, western and northern Europe.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Natterjack Toad - Epidalea  calamita  
  
  
   
  
  
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The Natterjack toad is said to be the loudest amphibian in Europe.
Source: BBC  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
  
  Nigerian Toad - Bufo perreti  
   
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                    The Nigerian toad is found in Nigeria.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
  Noellert’s Toad - Duttaphrynus noellerti  
   
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                    Noellert’s  toad is found in Sri Lanka.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
  Oak Toad - Anaxyrus quercicus  
   
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                    The oak toad is found in the southeastern United States.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Oak Toad - Anaxyrus quercicus  
  
   
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The oak toad is the smallest toad in North America.
Source: Savannah River Ecology Lab  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Oak Toad - Anaxyrus quercicus  
  
   
  
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The oak toad has a yellow stripe down the center of its back.
Source: Florida Wildlife Extension Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Oak Toad - Anaxyrus quercicus  
  
   
  
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The oak toad's call is a high pitched peep that sounds like the call of a young chicken.
Source: Herps of NC  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Oak Toad - Anaxyrus quercicus  
  
  
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                    The oak toad is found in moist, grassy areas near pine or oak savannahs with sandy soil.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Osgood’s Ethiopian Toad - Spinophrynoides osgoodi  
   
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                    Osgood’s Ethiopian toad is found in Ethiopia.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Pass Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus senex  
   
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                    The Pass stubfoot toad is found in Costa Rica.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Pebas Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus spumarius  
   
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                    The Pebas stubfoot toad is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Peru Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus peruensis  
   
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                    The Peru stubfoot toad is found in Peru.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Pirre Mountain Frog - Atelopus glyphus  
   
  
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                    The Pirre Mountain toad is found in Colombia and Panama.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Pulo Tioman Stream Toad - Ansonia tiomanica  
   
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                    The Pulo Tioman stream toad is found in Malaysia.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Rancho Grande Harlequin Frog - Atelopus cruciger  
  
   
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                    The Rancho Grande harlequin toad is found in Venezuela.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Red-Belly Toad - Melanophryniscus dorsalis 
   
   
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The red-belly toad is found in Brazil.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Red -Nosed Stub-Footed Toad - Atelopus oxyrhynchus  
  
   
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The red-nosed stub-footed toad is found in Venezuela.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Red-Spotted Toad - Rhinella rubropunctata  
   
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The red-spotted toad is found in Argentina and Chile.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Red-spotted Toad - Anaxyrus punctatus  
  
  
  
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                    The red-spotted toad is found from California, Nevada, central Utah, Colorado, and southwestern Kansas south to southern Baja California and central Mexico.
                  Source: Reptiles of Arizona Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                      
Red-spotted Toad - Anaxyrus punctatus  
  
  
  
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The red-spotted toad is  1.5 - 3 inches in length.
Source: California Herps Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
                  
Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus balios  
  
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The Rio Pescado stubfoot toad is found in Ecuador.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
                    Rivera Red-Belly Toad - Melanophryniscus devincenzii  
   
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                    The Rivera red-belly toad is found in Argentina and Uruguay.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
                    Roraima Bush Toad - Oreophrynella quelchii  
   
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                    The Roraima bush toad is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
                    Rose’s Mountain Toad - Capensibufo rosei  
   
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                    Rose’s mountain toad is found in South Africa.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Saint Andrew's Cross Toadlet - Pelophryne signata   
  
  
   
 
                  This tiny toad, no bigger than a man's thumbnail, is found in Brunei  and Malaysia.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Saint Andrew's Cross Toadlet - Pelophryne signata  
  
  
   
 
                  The Saint Andrew's cross toadlet is found in lowland tropical moist forests.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
Salta Toad - Rhinella rumbolli  
    
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The Salta toad is found in Argentina.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Schmidt's Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus pachydermus  
   
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 Schmidt's stubfoot toad is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Small-Eared Toad - Duttaphrynus microtympanum  
   
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The small-eared  toad is found in India.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Sonoran Green Toad - Anaxyrus retiformis   
  
  
  
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                    The Sonoran green toad is  found from south-central Arizona  south to Sonora, Mexico
                  Source: Reptiles of Arizona Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                      
Sonoran Green Toad - Anaxyrus retiformis  
  
  
  
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The Sonoran green toad is 1.5-2.3 inches in length.
Source: California Herps Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Southern Crested Toad - Bufo guentheri  
   
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                    The southern crested toad is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Southern Round-Gland Toad - Incilius ibarrai  
   
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                    The southern round-gland toad is found in Guatemala and Honduras.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Southern Toad - Anaxyrus terrestris   
  
  
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                    The southern toad is found in the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the southeastern U.S. from North Carolina to Florida and west to eastern Louisiana.
                  Source: Animal Diversity Web  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
Southern Toad - Anaxyrus terrestris  
  
   
  
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The southern toad is found in sandy areas, marshes, and mixed hardwood swamps.
Source: Florida Wildlife Extension  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Southern Toad - Anaxyrus terrestris  
  
  
  
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The southern toad usually eats small invertebrates, but it will eat anything it can swallow.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School 
Spiny Slender Toad - Ansonia spinulifer  
  
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                    The spiny slender toad is found in Indonesia and Malaysiaa.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                   
Spiny Slender Toad - Ansonia spinulifer  
  
  
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The spiny slender toad is threatened by deforestation.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School 
Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus nahumae  
   
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The stubfoot toad is found in Colombia.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Three-Colored Harlequin Toad - Atelopus tricolor  
   
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The three-colored harlequin toad is found in Bolivia and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Toad  - Mountain  Harlequin Frog - Atelopus certus  
   
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The Toad-Mountain  harlequin frog  is found in Panama.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Torres Red-Belly Toad - Melanophryniscus macrogranulosus  
    
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                    The Torres red-belly toad is found in Brazil.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Tree Toad - Churamiti maridadi  
   
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                    The tree toad is found in Tanzania.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Upper Amazon Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus seminiferus  
   
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                    The Upper Amazon stubfoot toad is found in Peru.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Uzungwe Scarp Tree Toad - Nectophrynoides wendyae  
   
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                    The Uzungwe scarp tree  toad is found in Tanzania.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Uzungwe Toad - Bufo uzunguensis  
   
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                    The Uzungwe toad is found in Tanzania.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Venezuela Pebble Toad - Oreophrynella nigra  
   
  
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                    The Venezuela pebble toad is found in Venezuela.
                    Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
                    
                    Veragoa Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus varius  
   
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                    The Veragoa stubfoot  toad is found in Costa Rica and Panama. It is also known as the Harlequin frog.
                  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Veragoa Stubfoot Toad - Atelopus varius  
  
   
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The male Veragoa stubfoot  toad does not have a vocal sac. It attracts females with visual displays.
Source: Animal Diversity Web  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
  Volcan Tacana Toad - Incilius tacanensis  
   
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                    The Volcan Tacana toad is found in Guatemala and Mexico.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
  
  Warty Asian Tree Toad - Pedostibes tuberculosus  
   
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                    The warty Asian tree toad is found in India.
  Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Western Nimba Toad - Nimbaphrynoides occidentalis  
   
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The Western Nimba toad is found in Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Western Toad - Anaxyrus boreas  
  
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The western toad is found from southern Alaska south to Baja California, Mexico and east to the Rocky Mountains in west-central Alberta, Canada and south to Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. It is also known as the boreal toad.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Western Toad - Anaxyrus boreas  
  
  
  
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                  In the spring and the summer, the  western toad is usually found at the water's edge or basking on partially submerged logs.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School 
Western Toad - Anaxyrus boreas  
  
  
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                  The  western toad is 3.5-4 inches in length.
  Source: Montana Field Guide Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Western Toad - Anaxyrus boreas  
  
  
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                  Instead of hopping, the western toad usually walks.
  Source:  British Columbia Frogwatch Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Woodhouse's Toad - Anaxyrus woodhousii   
  
  
  
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                  Woodhouse's toad is  found  throughout most of the central and southwestern U.S. as well as in  northern Mexico.
                  Source: Reptiles of Arizona Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                  
Woodhouse's Toad - Anaxyrus woodhousii  
  
  
  
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Woodhouse's toad is  found in a variety of habitats.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
Wyoming Toad - Bufo  baxteri  
  
  
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                  The Wyoming toad is only found in captivity in Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming.
                Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School                 
Wyoming Toad - Bufo  baxteri  
  
  
  
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  Until the 1970s, the Wyoming toad was common in the Laramie Plains in Albany County, Wyoming.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Yala Toad - Duttaphrynus atukoralei  
   
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The Yala toad is found in Sri Lanka.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Yosemite Toad - Anaxyrus canorus  
   
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The Yosemite toad is found in California in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Yosemite Toad - Anaxyrus canorus  
  
   
  
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The Yosemite toad is found in wet mountain meadows, willow thickets, and the borders of forests.
Source: California Herps Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School   
Yosemite Toad - Anaxyrus canorus  
  
  
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The Yosemite toad is active during the day. At night it burrows into the ground or rest under a log or in a rodent tunnel.
Source: Animal Diversity Web  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School  
Yosemite Toad - Anaxyrus canorus  
  
   
  
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The Yosemite toad hibernates from late September until the spring.
 Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
Cururu Toad - Rhinella schneideri   
  
  
  
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                The Cururu toad is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
                  Source: AmphibiaWeb Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School  
Cururu Toad - Rhinella schneideri  
  
  
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The Cururu toad has  glands the excrete poison on the sides of its head and on the back of its legs.
Source: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums  Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle  School  



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