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?

[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.

[Kurt]

What's an Iowa toad?

[Billy]

What's an Iowa toad?

Probably a toad you'll only see in IA. Sorry. The only B. species that I've encountered in IA, is B. americanus. They have a great personallity.

[justin shockey]

Probably a toad you'll only see in IA. Sorry. The only B. species that I've encountered in IA, is B. americanus. They have a great personallity.

dont be a jerk billy

[tylototriton]

There are several species of toad that can be found in Iowa. The moniker "Iowa Toad" is a common name, which to be quite honest, really means nothing. Common names are different everywhere you go because we all assign different identifications. In Costa Rica half the species don't even have common names, do you just make them up and hope they stick.

Anywho, in Iowa there are 4 species of toad.
B. americanus (American Toad)
B. cognatus (Great Plains Toad)
B. woodhousei (Woodhouse's Toad)
Scaphiophus bombifrons (Plains Spadefoot Toad)

Alex

[justin shockey]

i like the spadefoots best

[Billy]

dont be a jerk billy

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be. I sometimes have a horrible sense of humor. Hope you forgive me on that.
I have never seen any toads in IA except for B. americanus. I do remember seeing lots of different species of frogs though.(Even though toads are frogs and frogs are toads). My favorite frog sp. in IA would have to be Leopard frogs. They are just so wildly colored, and I like hearing them call.

[Kurt]

dont be a jerk billy

I didn't think he was being a jerk. I beieve he was making a joke, hence the ""

By asking my question I just wanted know what Jody meant by "Iowa toad" as this is not a common name that I am familiar with. Didn't mean to start any trouble between members.

[Billy]

I didn't think he was being a jerk. I beieve he was making a joke, hence the ""

By asking my question I just wanted know what Jody meant by "Iowa toad" as this is not a common name that I am familiar with. Didn't mean to start any trouble between members.

There's no trouble. My attempts at joking around often end up getting people to think I'm being an a**, or a jerk. If I was upset, I'd say so. That's why I appologized.
Ok, now I learned that there's more than B. americanus in IA. I do agree that the most common toad in an area like a state would be labled as, in this case, an Iowa Toad.
I just have always called them "hop toads".

[Kurt]

Whats a hop toad?

[Billy]

Whats a hop toad?

THAT'S AN ORDER! HOP TOAD, HOP! lol!