Looking

[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?

[Kurt]

Darrel Frost of the AMNH redid the genus in 2006. It still has yet to be widely accepted. When writing a paper late last year I learned that there were a few amphibians that included plant matter in their diet, Chanus marina being one of them. See the thread "What kind of fruit do frogs eat?" for more info.

[mikeald]

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?

Yes it is

[Billy]

Gulf Coast Toads are about as common around here as the American Toad is up in Iowa. I have a male B. valiceps at home in a terrarium, and he is pretty personable. Is the one in your avatar in your collection?

[jody]

it was an Iowa toad that got me interested in phibs.