Herpetofauna - One Life's List

Texas Toad
Bufo speciosus

Val Verde Co., Texas. May 22, 1997.
 


 

 Texas Toads are chubby little toads with a short body length, and sitting upright  they look like little buddhas.  They have no distinguishing marks or bright colors, no funky-shaped paratoid glands (they're round), and no cranial crests or postorbital ridges to speak of.  Yet, they're plenty cute, I think.  They're found throughout most of Texas, anywhere there's permanent or near permanent sources of water.
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