Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is the largest native water frog in Europe, celebrated for its robust physique, aquatic dominance, and deafening, laugh-like breeding choruses. Belonging to the family Ranidae, this prolific green water frog is indigenous across...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Eastern Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus holbrookii) is an enchanting, enigmatic, and deeply fossorial primitive amphibian belonging to the American spadefoot family Scaphiopodidae, native to the sandy woodlands and coastal plains of the eastern United States. Unique...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Great Plains Toad (Anaxyrus cognatus) is a rugged, beautifully camouflaged bufonid amphibian native to the expansive grasslands, prairie basins, and agricultural valleys of central North America and Mexico. Instantly recognized by its stocky build, large pale...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Oak Toad (Anaxyrus quercicus) is an enchanting miniature amphibian native to the longleaf pine flatwoods and oak scrub of the southeastern United States Coastal Plain, renowned as the smallest true toad species in North America. Rarely exceeding an inch in length,...
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The Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus) is an enchanting, desert-adapted bufonid amphibian native to the rugged canyons, rocky arroyos, and desert washes of the North American Southwest and Mexico. Instantly identified by its flattened body, pointed snout, and pale...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Squirrel Treefrog (Dryophytes squirellus) is a charming, highly vocal, and ubiquitous hylid amphibian native to the humid coastal plains of the southeastern United States. Named for its rasping, squirrel-like scolding call that echoes through suburban gardens and...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
Woodhouse’s Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) is a large, adaptable bufonid amphibian native to the expansive river systems, prairies, and semi-arid valleys of central and western North America. Named in honor of the 19th-century American naturalist Samuel Washington...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
The Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) is the quintessential terrestrial bufonid of the southeastern United States Coastal Plain, inhabiting the humid subtropical flatwoods, sandhills, and maritime hammocks from Virginia to Florida. Distinguished by its exceptionally...
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Budgett’s Frog (Lepidobatrachus laevis), widely known in popular culture and internet folklore as the ‘screaming frog’ or ‘Freddy Krueger frog’, is an extraordinary, highly specialized predatory anuran endemic to the harsh, semi-arid Gran...
Amphibians > Frogs & Toads
Fowler’s Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri), previously classified as Bufo fowleri, is a charming, stout, and highly vocal terrestrial amphibian belonging to the true toad family Bufonidae. Named in honor of Massachusetts naturalist S. P. Fowler, who first documented its...
