Toad With Sticky Toe Pads?!?

[jazzman412000]

Hi everyone! I just joined because I am desperately seeking info about a big toad I came upon on a very recent trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I thought at first it was a cane toad since it was so big, but it had STICKY TOE PADS! From what I have been reading on the internet this seems impossible. Please see the picture I have included. If you look carefully at the visible toes you can tell that they are toe pads. About an hour before I took this photo I tried to take a similar picture, but he/she was a little more skittish, and I actually saw him/her climb down the side of the concrete column he/she is sitting on using the sucker pads on his/her feet. Can someone give me some idea about the identity of this beautiful creature? I had to leave the little rascal there since I had flown, but I would have brought him/her along if I had driven.

[John]

Looks like an odd Cuban Tree Frog.

[jazzman412000]

Wow! I would have never thought a tree frog would get that big! I just found a good picture of one on Google and it does look like the frog in my photo. Thanks for the reply!

[John]

No problem. That species is an introduced species to the US. They're considered a pest.

[Kurt]

Yup, definitely a Cuban treefrog, Osteopilus septentrionalis. Its a big treefrog, but there are others that are this large or larger. Litoria infrafrenata, Litoria caerulea, Phyllomedusa bicolor, and Rhacophorus dennysi come to mind.

[alybaba11]

Aww, its so so cute!