Found this big guy in the yard

[LilyPad]

It was raining today and I was walking around the yard and found this guy...

[Heatheranne]

Awe : )

[LilyPad]

I let him go, just wanted to take some quick pics first!! It was raining out, I was surprised to see him hopping around.

[BG]

nice Amarican toad

[John]

Which toad species is that? It's hard to tell because it's so dark when the photos were taken.

[Heatheranne]

We found a little toad hopping around today. Didn't keep him either. Cute.

[LilyPad]

I was taking the pics with my phone because I didn't want to hold onto the toad too long, wanted to let him/her back out where they were. Definitely an American toad, it was way too big to be Eastern American. It only had 1-2 warts per spot and the cranial crests were just shy of touching the paratoid glands so it wasn't a Fowler's. I have found all 3 species in my yard though, apparently we're just a good spot for toads!

I have been so worried about 2 of my toadlets being smaller than the others, but when it comes down to it, they could be different species or hybrids considering the amount of toads around here. Time will tell!

[SiNi5T3R]

out here in AZ when it rains, I can literally walk out of my house and find about 50 frogs in our yard and around the house...and if i walked out into the desert area on the side of the house....omg 100's of toads and frogs breeding like crazy...

[LilyPad]

We have a pond behind our yard, but I have not had any luck finding more gray tree frogs! That is part of why I went out in the rain, to see if I could find any hanging out. I'm really a terrible tree frog hunter though LOL

[Voltage]

Nice find Amy. Here in Colorado I have a pond but no frogs, even when it's very moist outside. The only time i've seen a frog in my yard was a few years back and there was a few frogs (I think they sounded like reed frogs) but I could never find them, only hear them.

[LilyPad]

We have some bull frogs and Rana clamitans in the pond, obviously a lot of toad tads come out of there. I have not seen anything else though. I got my spring peepers from a different area and the gray tree frogs were all given to me. I have to say though, our toads are pretty darn cool