Herpetofauna - One Life's List

Red Spotted Toad
Bufo punctatus

Val Verde Co., Texas. May 22, 1997.
 

Photo courtesy of Ken Felsman.

 Flat little toads, the small red spots on their backs glowing like tiny jewels in a flashlight beam.  On a night after an earlier heavy rain, punctatus were out on the roads in numbers, and others called from pools of water along the West Texas roadside.
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