What is wrong with this toad?

[realdeadman]

Found in my back yard, East NC.
He is 'spose to be brown-green. Never seen a RED one.
Released after photo-ing
Look.

<--See my Bull(Ditch) frog hiding. lol

(PS. Sorry if this post is in the wrong place.)

[tgampper]

I say it's a southern toad (Bufo terrestris). They are often reddish, but can be brown or gray.
Southern Toad - North Carolina

[XDragonFrogX]

I found a toad with the exact coloring in kentucky when i was a kid. Loved the little guy

[realdeadman]

Thanks guys.

My wife was convinced a terrible frog plague was breaking out..... or something.

[Mentat]

Gorgeous toad, a keeper in my world !

[kueluck]

Nice Southern Toad you found. You can tell it's a Southern by the cranial crest and how it touches the parotoid glands. This doesn't happen in the Fowler's or American.