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Sonoran Desert Toad
Incilius alvarius
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Red-spotted ToadAnaxyrus punctatus
Couch's SpadefootScaphiopus couchii
Woodhouse's ToadAnaxyrus woodhousii
American BullfrogLithobates catesbeianus
American ToadAnaxyrus americanus
Arizona ToadAnaxyrus microscaphus
Mexican SpadefootSpea multiplicata
Great Plains ToadAnaxyrus cognatus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Arizona | 4,141 |
|---|---|
| United States | 3,393 |
| Mexico | 283 |
| Sonora | 274 |
| New Mexico | 43 |
| California | 33 |
| Chihuahua | 8 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| South Carolina | 1 |
| Baja California | 1 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Amphibians · Amphibia |
| Order | Frogs and Toads · Anura |
| Family | True Toads · Bufonidae |
| Genus | Central American Toads · Incilius |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Sonoran Desert Toad with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.