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Fowler's Toad

Anaxyrus fowleri

Description:

Very small (+/- 1") gray spotted toad with yellowish feet Similar species may be distinguished by the following features: 1) the American Toad displays no more than 2 warts in dark regions coupled with a spotted chest; 2) the Gulf Coast Toad possesses a prominent dark stripe instead of the light colored stripe observed in A. fowleri; and, 3) the posterior region of the cranial crest of the Southern Toad displays pronounced knobs.

Habitat:

Fowler's toads prefer living in open woodlands, sand prairies, meadows, and beaches. They like to burrow into the ground during hot, dry periods and in the wintertime

Notes:

Spotted on White-Tail Trail at Red Top Mountain State Park

2 Species ID Suggestions

RedTopRanger
RedTopRanger 11 years ago
Fowler's Toad
Bufo fowleri
kcurtain
kcurtain 11 years ago
Fowler's Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri ADW: Anaxyrus fowleri: INFORMATION


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12 Comments

QWMom
QWMom 11 years ago

Thanks for fixing it :)

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Hello. Here's how I did it. Edit. Click on the 5 missions selected button. Find the rogue mission. Click on it to remove the green check mark. Go back to the Missions button. Click on that. (Ignore the picture on the button--its the one you want to delete). Save. :-)

QWMom
QWMom 11 years ago

But how do you get a sighting unselected from the wrong mission? (I just tried again and this little toad is still showing up in the Edible and Useful Plants mission!)

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Yes, but once I figured out this little kink, it was easy enough for me to forget it and work around it :-)

QWMom
QWMom 11 years ago

Hi S frazier - the same happens for me. I even try deselcting all the missions, saving, and then editting again - it's not just this spotting I have several spottings it's happened on :(

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

I have noticed when I de-select a mission from a spotting with more than one mission, the photo of the mission that I de-selected displays in the missions space...that is until I save the spotting after the editing, and then all is well. Very confusing sometimes...

QWMom
QWMom 11 years ago

thanks for tip kcurtain! it would have been so easy to do that in the little critter keeper had I known :)

QWMom
QWMom 11 years ago

sorry for inclusion in wrong mission- I have issues with multiple missions getting selected and when I think I have unselected the wrong ones they show up again after I save :(

kcurtain
kcurtain 11 years ago

Just a tip - if you want a correct identification of a toad, then the best picture to take is a clear shot of the back of its head. Most toads can be identified by the shape of the cranial ridges that run along the top of the head. From your location alone, the most likely suspect is a Fowler's toad since there isn't much toad diversity in northern Georgia. Also, the correct species name is Anaxyrus fowleri since they are no longer in the genus Bufo.

jakewade97
jakewade97 11 years ago

May I ask how this relates to Edible and useful plant mission?

RedTopRanger
RedTopRanger 11 years ago

Not sure about the yellowish feet, but since the belly seems plain I'm going with Fowler's.

QWMom
QWMom 11 years ago

Toad was only briefly detained!

QWMom
Spotted by
QWMom

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Jun 26, 2011
Submitted on Feb 2, 2013

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