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    This is my American Toad, Gwen. She is 21 months old. She is currently 2 1/4 inches long, and weighs 43 grams.

    I have been searching for information on how much an adult toad might weigh, but all I seem to find is length and age numbers. Does anyone know what a healthy weight range is?

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    For a comparison, I just found this interesting page yesterday where they surveyed populations in Rhode Island Untitled Document

    It has weight vs length plotted for the American Toads they found broken up by sex for adults, juveniles, and metamorphs. There's a huge variance for weight in females of about the same length. Yours seems to be average weight but a little short compared to the adult females they found.

    They have data on other amphibians as well.

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    That is helpful, thank you.

    According to this, the average female was 2.8 inches and weighed 43 grams, so the weight is right on for mine. I don't think she is done growing, though. She is noticeably bigger now than even 2 months ago.

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    Do you mean bigger as in weight or length? Since spring's around the corner she may have eggs.
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    That is helpful, thank you.

    According to this, the average female was 2.8 inches and weighed 43 grams, so the weight is right on for mine. I don't think she is done growing, though. She is noticeably bigger now than even 2 months ago.
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    Do you mean bigger as in weight or length? Since spring's around the corner she may have eggs.
    Both.

    She lives alone, so she can't have eggs, right?

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    She can still produce them, they just won't be fertile unless you bring a male into the picture. I suggest you do some research on egg laden frog/toad.
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    She lives alone, so she can't have eggs, right?
    Nope, the male has no part in egg creation. He's only around for external fertilization of the eggs. Then he flees. Actually, the mother frog flees at that point too.

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    I was searching to see what a healthy weight would be for my female american toad and saw your post saying yours was 43g. Compared to my whooping 152g, i think one of ours is either under or OVER weight. Lol

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