Looking

[mikeald]

I finally finished my outdoor box turtle pen and got my box turtle outside. Now I have its old indoor cage which would be great for a bufo marinus. Does anyone know the closest place to San Antonio to get one?

[John]

You mean in the wild? There's a county distribution map at the bottom of this page:

http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/tx...o.marinus.html

[mikeald]

I was hoping not to drive down to the Mexican border and start wandering around empty fields, drainage ditches and dark roadways. It is much safer and almost cheaper to order one from Reptile City. But I also rather not buy one sight unseen. I'm in no rush, I can take my time.

[justin shockey]

thats one big toad thats sweet

[Kurt]

I, personally, think they are ugly. The one thing I do like about them is that they will eat dog food and romaine lettuce. Not to many other amphibians do that. At least not as adults.

When it comes to toads I like Anaxyrus debilis, A. exsul, A. punctatus, Atelopus flavescens, A. spumarius, Melanophryniscus stelzneri, Nannophryne variegata, Ollotis alvaria, O. conifera, O. luetkenii, and I am starting to get into O. valliceps. Anaxyrus, Nannophryne, and Ollotis are formerly of the genus Bufo.

[Billy]

B. marinus may be a little on the ugly side, but I can tell you that I take the cake on that. Seriously, what they lack in looks, they make up for it in personallity and size. They eat lettuce? I knew about the dog food, but I've never heard of any toad eating lettuce! Kurt, when did all of those species get outted from the Bufo genus? Mikeald, is that a Gulf Coast Toad as your avatar?