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Anaxyrus fowleri
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.
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
Spotted on White-Tail Trail at Red Top Mountain State Park
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. :-)
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!)
Yes, but once I figured out this little kink, it was easy enough for me to forget it and work around it :-)
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 :(
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...
thanks for tip kcurtain! it would have been so easy to do that in the little critter keeper had I known :)
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 :(
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.
Not sure about the yellowish feet, but since the belly seems plain I'm going with Fowler's.