Is this a toad?

[scstewart20]

So, after acquiring my green tree frog through an unusual rescue, it seems amphibians follow me around now. Lol. Found this fat fellow in the back yard. Held onto him for a day before setting him free. I was just wondering if anyone could ID him. I'm assuming he's a toad since he had the glands behind his eyes. He also had dry looking "warty" skin. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

[Pete]

Yes it's a toad. Assuming your location is still Georgia. It is likely a southern toad B.terrestris or and American toad B.americanus. I'm not an expert , but my guess is a southern toad. Maybe someone who knows better can give a more definitive answer.

Edit: After looking at the range maps for each species and the location of Dalton, GA. It's more likely an American toad.

[scstewart20]

Thanks so much for the info! It's good to finally put a name to him, so to speak. Wish I coulda kept him but I didn't have a tank for him that he would've been comfy in. And that wouldn't have been fair to him.

[LilyPad]

Definitely B. americanus, we have a million of them in our yard, some of them are huge fat things lol. They are good outside anyways, they eat TONS of bugs!

[nicodimus22]

Definitely B. americanus, we have a million of them in our yard, some of them are huge fat things lol.

Some of them certainly do get quite fat...my favorite pet toad name ever is Jabba. (I haven't named mine yet, since I can't tell them apart, and also don't know what sex they are.)

[LilyPad]

Our toadlet is named Clarice...we have no idea the sex LOL We had to change one of our tree frog names too...she was Oscar, now she is Willow, although we accidentally call her Oscar all the time yet!

[John]

Thanks so much for the info! It's good to finally put a name to him, so to speak. Wish I coulda kept him but I didn't have a tank for him that he would've been comfy in. And that wouldn't have been fair to him.

In my experience you can find these guys quite easily on warm humid nights in summer on the roads. I've seen them on north Georgia roads in those conditions, maybe 10-20 in a night if there's been a recent rain.

[LilyPad]

Or you can lay a board out in your yard, and on hot days, you will find them hunkered down under there! Cool evenings, walk around with a flashlight, you'll be surprised how many you find. I was looking for tree frogs one night, and sitting right on a 2x4 in front of me was a giant fat toad, I found many more that night, no tree frogs though!

[scstewart20]

Amy- I figured he ate tons, lol. Another good reason to set him free.
John- next time it rains. I'll take my kids out there they would love looking for them.
nicodimis22- I love the name Jabba for a toad- how fitting!