Toads

I'm pretty ambivalent towards toads, but I'd like to change that. This album is my attempt at toad appreciation. We only have the sour faced Bufo americanus here. Though pudgy, they just don't look anywhere near as jolly as even a slender gray treefrog. I'll try not to hold that against them.
  1. Even this small they have that toad attitude. Toaditude?
  2. Wee American Toad. Still has that young toad chub.
  3. Top view of a wee American Toad.
  4. All hands on deck- 5-6 weeks old at this point. Love the goldish flecks in the belly.
  5. One of the American Toad tadpoles I collected. About 2-3 weeks old at this point.
  6. American Toad, doing a bit of night time calling in a vernal pool.
  7. Not content with just shouting very loudly to attract the lady toads, this dude thrust his forearms forward to show off just how Toadly they are. No...
  8. Calling Bufo americanus. I do love a backlit vocal sac- makes the veins pop out nicely.
  9. Their camouflage is very well suited to this grassy, swampy area. If he wasn't calling I probably would never have spotted him.
  10. This dude was staying silent after I had slowly crept up to him, and I was getting worried about leeches exploring parts of my body that I'd rather...
  11. American Toad, Bufo americanus, calling. He has the distinction of being the first calling toad I've managed to photograph, or actually even be this...
  12. Pretty big American Toad staring at a wall. He had a purpose though, the corner where the wall meets the ground is an ant highway. The toad shied...
  13. This is the smallest toadlet I've ever seen- the picture represents an area 23.5mm by 15.7mm, so it was under 2cm. Such a cute little thing, I lost...
  14. Mid sized American toad having a very colourful soak on a very hot day.
  15. Mid sized american toad, Bufo americanus, found hopping around the greenhouse and taking a moment to strike a thoughtful pose. It blends in quite...
  16. Big fat toad that I rudely/accidentally dug up from the mulch pile when mulching the gardens last week. It was near the bottom of a 5ft high pile of...
  17. Same toad from the muclh pile. He doesn't look happy.
  18. Yet another little American Toad I found while mowing the lawn (note the grass clippings). Moved to the safety of this big mushroom.
  19. Another tiny American Toad, maybe 1" in length, found roughly 1" away from my rapidly approaching mower deck. I moved it to the safety of this nearby...
  20. Same tiny toad I nearly mowed over. The blue ring around the eyes was a surprise that really turns up well here. For such a small critter, it packs...
  21. I liked this tiny critters bright orangish 'warts' and yellow fingertips. The big glandy thing on the right side of its back has a gray blotch on it...
  22. This little (~1") toad just wouldn't stay still. Rapidly hopping around made it's camouflage much less effective, as it was virtually invisible from...
  23. Another view of the DinoToad. You can see by the many bold markings on the chest that this may be some sort of toad royalty. Not nearly as docile as...
  24. This was the biggest toad I've seen. It's girth gave it's location away as I heard its fat self plodding through some plants. Its craggy red skin...
  25. Same Toad, same wood pile, different day. It was actually inside the wood pile this day, making me glad that I was lifting the logs off the pile to...
  26. As with many of the amphibians I find, I nearly killed it before I found it. It was burrowed in the decayed centre of a log I was splitting. I moved...
  27. Same toady as the last photo, but here on the move. Sort of. It mostly sat there trying to blend in with the wood chip colour, plus it had some mossy...
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