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    Default Help identify this toad/frog please

    Note sure if this is the correct part of the forum for ID help, if not please pardon the error; this specimen was on a trail in Michigan, in June; it is about 15-20mm from nose to tail; I couldn't capture it for better photos because I didn't have a container with me and it was quite an evasive little guy anyway and might have been injured trying to capture it. I am not sure if it is an immature specimen or a full grown adult; it does not match any of the photos I found on line regarding Michigan frog or toad species. I hope someone can help; thanks in advance.

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    Default Re: Help identify this toad/frog please

    Because of the multi warts in the spots I'm gonna say Fowler's (Bufo fowleri)
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    Default Re: Help identify this toad/frog please

    Like Gail stated, the multiple warts point to Anaxyrus fowleri . A. fowleri has been reported from Michigan, so that matches too. Strangely, the toad on OP's pic is missing the characteristic middle dorsal light color stripe.
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    Default Re: Help identify this toad/frog please

    I noticed the same thing in all the photos of adult A. fowleri, the line down the back. The pattern of spots/warts does seem to match but the adults did not seem to have the brighter orange that this specimen had. I also overturned a rotting log later that same day in a wooded area and came across another specimen that looked very similar but my photos were out of focus so I can't confirm the 2 were the same.
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