Western toad

Western toad
Anaxyrus boreas boreas

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Anaxyrus
Species:
A. boreas
Binomial name
Anaxyrus boreas
(Baird and Girard, 1852)
Synonyms

Bufo boreas Baird & Girard, 1852
Bufo politus Cope, 1862

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.[1][3][4] A. boreas is frequently encountered during the wet season on roads, or near water at other times. It can jump a considerable distance for a toad. Breeding occurs between March and July in mountainous areas, and as early as January in lower-elevation regions. The female lays up to 17,000 eggs stuck together in strings that adhere to vegetation and other objects along water edges.[5]

  1. ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022. Anaxyrus boreas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T181488862A197445871. Accessed on 15 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Anaxyrus boreas. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Anaxyrus boreas (Baird and Girard, 1852)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Anaxyrus boreas". AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. ^ Grismer, L. L. (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Los Angeles: University of California Press, p. 66, ISBN 0520925203.