Does my toad look healthy?

[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.

[John]

Alvarius has been pretty much extirpated in California, and in any case it's strictly protected in that state - you can't touch them.

[hokurai]

I'm aware that they are illegal but I want one anyways because they look awesome when they're big. I know that they are here as I've see toads that are 7 inches or so and that is the maximum size of these and the biggest north american toad so there are definately bufo alvarius around and I'm not worried about depleting them because I am literally less than 5 miles from the river/border near arizona and it arizona you can legally get 10.with a fishing license. And now that I know there are multiple kinds of toads here I looked up how to identify them. And if I'm caught with one, I'll say I must have mis-identified it.

[John]

*Shakes head*

We can't and don't condone this sort of thing.

[Kurt]

CA F&W is not going to buy you just miss IDed it. I cannot support this decision any more than John can. It shows a selfish attitude and a complete lack of respect toward the species itself. You're only concerned with your pleasing yourself and not with the welfare of this species. It is this kind of attitude that wipes out species from the face of the earth. Please reconsider your decision.

[Sophinx]

I'm aware that they are illegal but I want one anyways because they look awesome when they're big. I know that they are here as I've see toads that are 7 inches or so and that is the maximum size of these and the biggest north american toad so there are definately bufo alvarius around and I'm not worried about depleting them because I am literally less than 5 miles from the river/border near arizona and it arizona you can legally get 10.with a fishing license. And now that I know there are multiple kinds of toads here I looked up how to identify them. And if I'm caught with one, I'll say I must have mis-identified it.

I can't understand why you have come to this forum asking if your toad looks healthy? I'm actually quite angry that youve bothered to post this message. You've been informed that it is against the law, and you have decided to go ahead and have one anyway..Environmental laws are applied for reasons of conservation, if we all thought like you, then there would be no laws, or frogs. Just because a law hasn't been passed somewhere else does not mean that the law is wrong, especially envrionmental laws, they just reflect the status of a particular area.

I think you should definitely find a new hobby.

[jake96]

I'm aware that they are illegal but I want one anyways because they look awesome when they're big. I know that they are here as I've see toads that are 7 inches or so and that is the maximum size of these and the biggest north american toad so there are definately bufo alvarius around and I'm not worried about depleting them because I am literally less than 5 miles from the river/border near arizona and it arizona you can legally get 10.with a fishing license. And now that I know there are multiple kinds of toads here I looked up how to identify them. And if I'm caught with one, I'll say I must have mis-identified it.

These toads are believed to be extinct in California. If you do see some they are probably some of the few still here. The one you take might just be the last female here. Wouldn't that be horrible to be the one person that makes it impossible for future generations to see in the wild. And by taking it you will probably condribute to our already strickening laws on amphibians. But those are just my thoughts you make your own decisions.