Please help identify these toad tadpoles/toadlet.

[UncleChester]

I think it's near impossible to determine if they're Fowler's or American at this young stage- the features that distinguish them are not fully developed. For older specimens:

-Fowler's have 3 or more 'warts' per dark spot, Americans will have 1 or 2
-Fowler's have creamy coloured belly with virtually no spots, Americans are usually spotty
-Fowler's paratoid gland should be touching the cranial crests, American's don't, except possibly a short spur
-Call of the Fowler's Toad is higher pitched, 'nasaly', and faster

An illustration of the crest difference can be found here Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - Frog ID Guide and calls can be found here https://www.naturewatch.ca/english/f...ml?Province=on Possible hybrids can make this very confusing, as well as the natural variation within a species.

The range maps do exclude American Toads on Long Island and you have a pretty natural barrier there from where they are known to occur so these are most likely Fowler's. Not that range maps are definitive of course. If you're interested trying to find some definite American Toads on Long Island, the best bet would be to familiarize yourself with their calls and drive around on warm, rainy, early spring nights with your windows down. Toad calls are very loud and travel pretty far (they're almost hypnotic up close). This will make it more like finding a very loud needle in a haystack rather than a quiet one.

[bugmankeith]

Here are photos of them soon before release!