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Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 221, February 173, March 237, April 465, May 705, June 762, July 1,073, August 873, September 401, October 225, November 197, December 187.
United States26,646
Colorado5,769
Texas3,479
New Mexico2,032
Kansas1,923
Oklahoma1,747
Nebraska1,633
Arizona1,413
California995
Utah854

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyTrue Toads · Bufonidae
GenusNorth American Toads · Anaxyrus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Woodhouse's Toad with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.