Toad Facts

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I post daily(ish) facts about toads! My profile photo is an Anaxyrus americanus by Simon Pierre Barrette! Also find us at @toadfacts@toad.social on Mastodon!

A hand holding a small black toad! The toad is covered in bright yellow spots on their back, and bright reddish orange spots on their belly! The toad is expanding their vocal sac and is all swollen! Puff up! Puff up they hate that!
A brown toad sitting on a green leaf! They have very prominent pointy spikes on their eyelids that look a bit like horns! They have rough looking skin, with some of the texture forming slight ridges that run down the length of their back! They have very large feet and long, stout looking legs!
A brown toad covered in sand, sitting on a pebbly surface! Their back legs are surrounded by a large clutch of eggs nearly as large as the toad itself! They have small reddish spots on their eyelids and parotoid glands!
A large greenish brown toad covered in lots of warty bumps! They have large parotoid glands!
A moist brown toad sitting on a moist rock! They have rough looking skin without warty bumps! Their eyes are mostly black but fade to a teal patch at the top! Oh, they also have a row of huge black spikes on their upper lip!
A very bumpy brown toad with long arms and legs! They are covered in lots of large bumps and look quite moist! They have large eyes with vertical pupils!
A brown toad with elongated parotoid glands, covered in lots of tiny bumps! The bumps along their sides are somewhat spiky and reddish!
A tiny orange toad with a wide greenish-black stripe down the middle of their back! They have pebbly-looking skin, very skinny legs, and large black eyes!
A light green toad covered in lots of small irregular dark green spots! They have a somewhat rough appearance and have large warty bumps all over their sides!
A very spiky brown toad sitting on a mossy rock! They are covered in lots of tiny spiky bumps! They have prominent teardrop-shaped parotoid glands!
A brown toad lying flat on the ground! They have a wide black stripe down their side that has a faded lighter brown band on the top and darker brown band along their belly! They have large parotoid glands that are black on the bottom and light on top! They are covered in warty looking bumps!
A slender, bright yellow toad with black spots! They are sitting on a rock!
A yellow-brown toad with dark spots, mostly black with a blue tinge to them! They have very coarse skin covered in lots of tiny bumps!
A slender brown toad with dark brown symmetrical markings on their back! They have long, skinny legs with a bit of reddish blush at the elbows! They have rather rough skin!
A dark brown toad with yellow-green spots! They have a long nose with a rounded tip! They are sitting on a mossy rock!
A greenish-brown toad sitting on a rock! They have very rough looking skin, somewhat large parotoid glands, and visible eardrums! They have small patches of rusty red color! They have a sharp-looking nose with a very slight ridge that runs around their eye!
A black toad with very rough and bumpy skin, with a very light brown face! The bottoms of their feet are bright red! They are sitting among a bunch of small rocks, some of which are red or green colored!
A greenish brown toad with large, symmetrical black splotches and a thin light-brown line running down the middle of their back! They are covered in lots of large, warty bumps! They have large parotoid glands!
A slender brown toad with skin covered in lots of small spiky bumps! They have long, slender legs and large eyes! They have lighter brown patches on their back and very light stripes down their sides!
A brown toad with dark brown sides, sitting on a rock at the edge of water! They have bumpy skin and large parotoid glands!
A very wide, brown toad half burrowed into mud and leaves! They have a very wide mouth! They have mostly smooth skin but have large spikes above their eyes, the largest of which look like tiny horns!
A flattened looking brown toad with heavy looking legs and long fingers and toes with round pads on the end! They have a crest extending from the tip of their nose and down to their parotoid glands that forms a sharp point above their eyes! They have large eyes with a vertical pupil!
A rough-skinned brown toad with a creamy white belly! They have a think white stripe running from the tip of their nose and down their back, and some wide dark brown stripes on their legs! They have large, warty bumps on the side of their belly and a row of warty bumps down their side!
A brown toad with their back to the camera! They have large ridges from the tips of their nose and around their eyes, large parotoid glands, and small visible eardrums! They have symmetrical black marks down their back, wide black stripes on their sides, and a thin brown line down the center of their back!
A brown toad sitting on a bright green leaf! They have somewhat rough looking skin covered in lots of tiny bumps and also have a few larger bumps down their sides! Their face is darker than their back, and there is a thin black line separating their face from their back!
A mostly smooth-skinned toad sitting among small plants with purple flowers! The toad has a somewhat satisfied look on their face!
A grey toad with somewhat faded greenish markings! They have a very rough skin texture! They are crawling along a mossy rock!
A small black toad hiding inside of a rock crevice! Only their eye and the tip of their nose is visible!
An older film photo of a brown toad on a green leaf! The toad has skin covered in large warty bumps and has large ridges that form from their parotoid glands and run down their sides and back towards the middle of their back!
A tiny orange toad crawling on a large brown leaf! They have a darker patch on their back, somewhat greenish brown against the bright orange of the rest of their body! They have large black eyes and round parotoid glands that are bigger than their eyes!
A brown toad with huge eyes that look a bit like stars rushing towards you! They have somewhat warty looking skin and long, skinny legs!
A black toad crawling across a rock! They have bright yellow spots down their side, legs, and little toad butt! They also have bright red patches on their belly and the bottoms of their feet!
A brown and black toad covered in large, spiky bumps! They have large parotoid glands!
A smooth skinned, plump, moist frog with a somewhat long and rounded nose, sitting on a wet piece of wood!
A tiny, slender, green and brown toad in a somewhat classic camouflage pattern, sitting in the middle of a large brown leaf! They have long, slender legs! Their skin texture is somewhat rough and covered with lots of tiny bumps! Some of the bumps in the brown patches are reddish in color!
A brown toad with a somewhat heavy body and long, skinny legs! They have slightly rough textured skin! They have a lighter brown patch on their face and small light brown spots all over their sides! They have long, skinny fingers and toes with rounded pads on the ends!
A smooth-skinned brown toad with a creamy white belly and a small white stripe from their eye to their shoulder! They have a somewhat pointy nose and a very pointy crest above their eye!
A black toad with small creamy white markings and stripes! They have relatively smooth skin with scattered warty looking bumps!
A brown toad with very rough skin texture and very large parotoid glands! They are covered in various splotches of different shades of brown!
A small toad covered in splotches of different shades of brown! They have rather skinny legs and a rough skin texture!
A large toad looking right at the camera! They are a greenish color on their face and what you can see of the back, and creamy white on their belly with occasional small green splotches! They have golden colored irises!
A tan colored toad covered in irregular dark green patches! Some of the green patches have small reddish bumps in them! They also have a reddish patch on their small parotoid glands! They have large eyes and look rather grumpy!
A very spiky brown toad with large flaps on the sides of their head! Their parotoid glands form from the flap and are elongated down their side! Rows of larger spiky bumps run down the middle of their back and along each side!
A small black toad with small, reddish parotoid glands and a thin, reddish-brown stripe down their back! They are covered in widely spaced spiky bumps but otherwise are somewhat smooth-skinned!
A small, slender dark brown toad with a lighter brown spot on their upper back and lighter patches on their shoulders, elbows, and feet! They also have faint bluish gray lines running down their back! They have roughly textured skin!
A large brown toad covered in warty bumps, doing a sploot on what looks like a grey metal surface! They have long, thin parotoid glands above their small and visible eardrums!
An olive-green toad covered in very spiky bumps! They have small, curved parotoid glands above their visible eardrums!
A rough-skinned black toad laying on their belly with their back arched and their legs raised into the air! They have yellow patches on their shoulders, and the bottoms of their feet are bright red!
A greyish-brown toad, fading to creamy white around their belly! They are covered in lots of tiny poky bumps and have rather veiny looking legs! Their head is huge compared to the rest of their body, and they have very large eyes!
A light brown toad covered in dark green splotches! They are covered in lots of warty bumps and have very large parotoid glands!
A smooth-skinned, somewhat startled looking toad looking up to the right! They are mostly dark brown in color with stripes of lighter brown! They have large, round eyes!
A small, rough-skinned black toad perched on the end of a flower stalk! Small amounts of yellowish orange color can be seen on their belly! We have no explanation for why they are clinging to the flower, perhaps they were posed!
A light brown toad with dark brown symmetrical markings on their back and sides! Their skin has a very rough appearance, and they have large parotoid glands and visible eardrums!
A very, very warty brown toad with an orange patch of skin visible under their chin, and a bright green patch behind their head! Did I mention they are very warty? So warty!
A small toad sitting on the fingers of someone's hand! The toad is black in color with very red parotoid glands! They are mostly smooth skinned but have small rings of lighter color on their back that make it look like they might have bumps!
A slender brown and yellow toad with long, skinny legs! They have a very rough skin texture, covered in lots of small warty bumps! They have large eyes with a golden iris!
A small and slender toad with a black back, brown head and legs, and a creamy white belly! Their skin is mostly smooth but somewhat pebbled looking. They are crawling across some wide green leaves!
A small brown toad with two white stripes running down their side, sitting on a green leaf!
Two mushrooms with orange stems and red caps. On one of the stems sits a very tiny brown toad! photo by Diogo Luiz
A stout, greenish-brown toad covered in widely spaced warty bumps! Each warty bump has an irregular ring of black around it, and some of the warty bumps themselves have a slight reddish tint! They have large parotoid glands and small, visible eardrums just below their parotoid gland and behind their eye!