Can someone help identify this toad?

[Gum]

Hey, this is my first post here! Today at my detasseling job, I came across a little toad. I decided to smuggle him home in my lunch bag, because he could have gotten killed by the pesticides from the crop duster, and if that didn't directly kill him, he would probably have starved from the insects being killed. Also, yesterday someone caught a similar sized toad and tortured it with his friends and eventually threw it outside the bus to watch it hop frantically away across the road into the next field. I also heard them talking about drowning the next one they would find. Oh, and the carrier machines would have eventually run through and squashed him. When I put him in the critter keeper when I got home, he was very frightened, but he eventually called down and soaked in his water bowl (which I made sure to dechlorinate). All sources say the only toad species in Nebraska is the Great Plains Toad, but to me he doesn't look like a Great Plains Toad. So could anyone help identify him (or her)? I don't know if it's a male or a female because it's a juvenile. Do the juvenile males squeak too? Thank you to anyone who answers my question.


Here's a picture: You can't really tell in the picture, but he doesn't have the white splotches that are on Great Plains Toads.

[Frogman1031]

Welcome to frog forum! Your toad may be a woodhouse's toad. A clearer pic would help but if you plan to keep it then i would wait until he has settled down to attempt a clearer pic. Both species have similar care. It is so sad to hear about what they were doing to that poor creature. It is simply unacceptable to treat anything that way.


The Frog chooses its owner. Treat your life-long friend with respect and care and it will never disappoint!

[Gum]

Thanks! I'm on my way home, and I think he/she has settled down now. I'll take another pic when I get back from work tomorrow. And I just found out that they threw three more toads on the interstate!!!!! People are so sick...

EDIT: I forgot to mention that the toad has red spots on his/her back.

[Gum]

Here's another pic:

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF! Your sources are mistaken since there are at least 3 toad species reported from Nebraska. Besides the Great Plain Toad; the Woodhouse's Toad and the Western Narrow-mouthed Toad live in there.

Anaxyrus woodhousii has a lighter longitudinal stripe in the middle of it's back, very prominent eye ridges, and a pointy nose. Pics posted do not show the stripe, so let's look at other two possibilities.

Gastrophryne olivacea (Western Narrow-mouthed Toad) has a very different frog like appearance, so back into the one left.

Anaxyrus cognatus (Great Plains Toad) has a very similar look to pics you posted. Also, they posses a characteristic bony projection on snout, which appears to be present on the first pic. This is probably what you got.

You can use this care article to provide a good home for your pet: Frog Forum - Toad Basics - Keeping ground-dwelling Toads. A care sheet for Bufo, Anaxyrus, Spea, Scaphiopus, Ollotis, Alytes, Pelobates. Good luck !

[kueluck]

It's the beautiful kind.

[Heatheranne]

He's adorable no matter which species. It's very nice of you to save him.

Welcome to the forum .

[LilyPad]

Aww so glad you saved him!

[Gum]

Thanks for all the help everyone! I guess he did turn out to be a Great Plains Toad after all. Also, I named him Buford because I thought he was in the genus Bufo, but I guess I was wrong with that too. It seemed like an appropriate name, ok?! He ate a couple Dubia Cockroaches yesterday, so now he's nice and plump. I rescued four more toads today, and I'm going to release them in my backyard. It'll be cool to have toads in my yard, since I've never seen any here in Lincoln. Hopefully they'll find a place to breed.