How often should I feed my american toads?

[KP]

Here's another good article based upon the science of Biology and the study of the American Toad. I find that science is a good source for facts about many things: https://www.psu.edu/dept/nkbiology/n...ericantoad.htm

[Larry Wardog]

Here's another good article based upon the science of Biology and the study of the American Toad. I find that science is a good source for facts about many things: https://www.psu.edu/dept/nkbiology/n...ericantoad.htm

Read the range again. American Toads don't occur down to Mexico. Penn State is not talking about the same American Toad. The dwarfs are in Canada and South Carolina. They do not live in Mexico. They probably mean a different species of toad.

The internet has this range and some facts that aren't really good but just talked about without anybody actually checking to see if it's right.

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[KP]

Actually there are eight species within the Anaxyrus americanus group which is found from Mexico to Canada with a wide range from East to West within the 48 contiguous United States. Here's a well-researched, scientific study of the Anaxyrus americanus group which I highly recommend: https://rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bi...pdf?sequence=1

[Trout hunter]

Im not sure what some of the online literature is saying but I live in Canada and all I have seen is the regular subspecies of American toads and the Hudson Bay subspecies of American toad. I have yet to see a dwarf American toad however I have seen toads that were reddish in color but they were the regular size in fact I've seen toads in person and heard reports of large female toads that exceed the average size 3 to 4 inches( of course I am only talking about the area I live in and not the rest of the country) . I also wanted to say I did not mean to hijack the thread by anymeans. The young toads that this thread is about sounds like they are very well fed and are showing impressive growth for their age. 8 to 10 crickets isn't really required but I'm sure your toads aren't complaining about that. You should post some pictures to show their size!

[KP]

The Anaxyrus americanus toads in and around my compound go from being morphs at the water's edge to half adult size or larger by fall. I keep track of individuals who remain in the compound and have photographed them at growth stages and it's very impressive to see how fast they grow in their first 5 months. Of course I can only account for 4 of them this year out of the thousands who got fully morphed into toadlets and set out on their terrestrial adventure. In any given year there are at least 2 couples and as many as 5 additional singles living in the compound during the spring spawn.

[Larry Wardog]

The Anaxyrus americanus toads in and around my compound go from being morphs at the water's edge to half adult size or larger by fall. I keep track of individuals who remain in the compound and have photographed them at growth stages and it's very impressive to see how fast they grow in their first 5 months. Of course I can only account for 4 of them this year out of the thousands who got fully morphed into toadlets and set out on their terrestrial adventure. In any given year there are at least 2 couples and as many as 5 additional singles living in the compound during the spring spawn.

The toad native to Pennsylvania and northeast is not in Mexico. A subspecies I can see but they do not say it's different. It is a cold tolerant frog.

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