Image of Great Plains Toad

Description:

Conspicuous cranial crest and black tubercle on hind feet. Above creamy with gray and brown dorsal blotching; often in symmetrical; below whitish. Some specimens showed reddish dorsal warts. When held expressed squawking release call. Only males detected, all similar length: SVL 70 mm (2 in.). During rainy night, many dead and live toads detected on roads intersecting orchards and urban structures. Although common, fewer were detected than its counterpart Bufo woodhousii. Most were seen on roadways paralleling small-unspoiled parcels of land. A conscious effort was made to detect breeding chorus, but nothing was heard.