Amphibians > Spadefoot Toads
The Western Spadefoot Toad (Spea hammondii) is a stocky, specialized amphibian endemic to the Mediterranean-climate grasslands, coastal scrub, and oak woodlands of California and northern Baja California. Despite being termed a toad, it belongs to the nearctic family...
Amphibians > Rhinophrynids & Anura
The Mexican Burrowing Toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis), universally celebrated across herpetology as one of the most anatomically bizarre and evolutionary isolated amphibians on Earth, is the sole surviving living member of the ancient family Rhinophrynidae. Representing...
