Does my toad look healthy?

[hokurai]

Hello, I just recently got a toad (bufo alvarius, to be exact) and I was wondering if my tank set up was good and if he looks healthy because he is wild caught and is around 2 and a half to 3 inches. This is a 20 gallon tank.




The right side is a hiding spot made of wood and in the back left is another hiding placeand I'm using spanish moss in the tank right now because it was all I could get on short notice and I've been feeding him about 4 crickets fed on ground cat food every other day. Any advice for a new toad owner? =D

[John]

The toad looks fine but I have bad news for you - that's definitely not a Bufo alvarius. Looks like a Bufo woodhousii to me.

[hokurai]

Hm, I guess it is. I thought that the colorado river toad was the only one that lives in this are but I checked on the woodhousii region and it overlaps where I am. I wanted a bufo alvarius so should I put this one back and look for an alvarius?

[Kurt]

Well, you can't keep them together. Also where are you? Could you pleas post your location and country please?

[hokurai]

Yeah, I'm in the US, california to be precise and a few miles from the colorado river. I'm going to have to check around at the river and the fields away town because all the ones that I've seen in town are apparently bufo woodhousii. And I let the toad I had go i the garden.

[Kurt]

The Colorado River toad is also known as the Sonoran Desert toad and there is a care article here on the Frog Forum. Now the big question, why do you want an Ollotis alvaria? I have two myself and I know why I want them.
Also I believe California law protects this species, so you may want to check with the state's department of Fish & Wildlife. You don't want to be caught with an illegal animal.