Genus
Anaxyrus
25 species
The list of species of Anaxyrus genus
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The list of species of Anaxyrus genus
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The American toad (Anaxyrus americanus ) is a common species of toad found throughout Canada and the eastern United States. It is divided into three subspecies: the eastern American toad (A. a. americanus ), the dwarf American toad (A. a....
The Wyoming toad or Baxter's toad (Anaxyrus baxteri ) is an extremely rare amphibian that exists only in captivity and within Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming in the United States. The Wyoming toad was listed as an endangered...
The western toad (Anaxyrus boreas ) is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm (2.2 and 5.1 in) long, native to western North America. A. boreas is frequently encountered during the wet season on roads, or near water at other times. It can jump...
Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii ) is a medium-sized (4 inches or 10 centimetres) true toad native to the United States and Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies. A. woodhousii tends to hybridize with Anaxyrus americanus where their...
The southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris ) is a true toad native to the southeastern United States, from eastern Louisiana and southeastern Virginia south to Florida. It often lives in areas with sandy soils. It is nocturnal and spends the day in a...
Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. The species is native to North America, where it occurs in much of the eastern United States and parts of adjacent Canada. It was previously considered a subspecies of...
The Texas toad (Anaxyrus speciosus ) is a species of medium-sized (to 9 cm (3.5 in)) toad that occurs in the southern United States and northern Mexico. It breeds in temporary water pools after heavy rains.
The Canadian toad (Anaxyrus hemiophrys ), also known as the Dakota toad, is a species of toad that ranges from the prairie regions of central Canada south to parts of the United States upper midwest. It belongs to the family Bufonidae, the "true"...
The Great Plains toad, Anaxyrus cognatus, is a relatively large species of true toad native to central North America.
The oak toad (Anaxyrus quercicus ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the coastal regions of southeastern United States. It is regarded as the smallest species of toad in North America, with a length of 19 to 33 mm (0.75...
The red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus, formerly Bufo punctatus ) is a toad in the family Bufonidae found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
The Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis, formerly Bufo houstonensis ) is an endangered species of amphibian that is endemic to Texas in the United States. This toad was discovered in the late 1940s and named in 1953. Official estimates are that just...
The boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas boreas ) is the nominate subspecies of the western toad (Anaxyrus boreas ). They are commonly found in the Southern Rocky Mountains, and their population has recently been on the decline due to an emerging amphibian...
The arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus ) is a species of true toads in the family Bufonidae, endemic to California (U.S.) and Baja California state (México). It is currently classified as an Endangered species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened...
The black toad (Anaxyrus exsul ), also known as the Inyo toad or Deep Springs toad, is a true toad that lives only in scattered oases in the Deep Springs Valley of Inyo County, California. In fact, its original scientific name, Bufo exsul, means...
The North American green toad, Anaxyrus debilis, also known by its old name Bufo debilis, is a species of toad found in the southwestern United States in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, as well as in northern...
The Arizona toad (Anaxyrus microscaphus ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to the south-western United States, where its natural habitats are temperate lowland forests, rivers and streams, swamps, freshwater marshes,...
The Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus, formerly Bufo canorus ) is a species of true toad in the family Bufonidae. Endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, the species ranges from the Alpine County to Fresno County. Yosemite toads are only found in...
The Rocky Mountain toad or western Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii woodhousii ) is a subspecies in the Woodhouse's toad subgroup. It can be identified by its light middorsal stripe, prominent cranial crests, and elongate parotoid glands. The...
The Amargosa toad (Anaxyrus nelsoni ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It was at one time considered to be a subspecies of the western toad. It is threatened by habitat loss and is classified by the IUCN as being "endangered".
The Sonoran green toad (Anaxyrus retiformis, in Spanish "sapo verde de Sonora" or "sapo verde sonorense") is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
The Dixie Valley toad (Anaxyrus williamsi or Bufo williamsi ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Churchill County in the state of Nevada in the United States. It was the first new toad species to be described from the...
The southwestern toad or Mexican Madre toad (Anaxyrus mexicanus, formerly Bufo mexicanus ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to north-western Mexico and found on the Sierra Madre Occidental in eastern Sonora and western...
Anaxyrus compactilis (common name: plateau toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Mexico. It is a little known species associated with desert and shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss caused by conversion of land...
The little Mexican toad (Anaxyrus kelloggi, formerly Bufo kelloggi ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Mexico and found in the Pacific coastal plains between central Sonora and Nayarit. The specific name honors Remington...
