Description:
This frog is light brown, bumpy, and dry. It has darker spots on him
( I apologize if the info isn't that helpful!
It's my first time using this!!! )
Habitat:
Tall Grass; Meadow
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, USA
Spotted on Jul 25, 2014
Submitted on Jul 26, 2014
4 Comments
Based on geography, the American Toad is the more common species.
But (and isn't there always a but), there are sometimes hybrids of the two species as well!
Jerk toads...
I'd lay some money that this is actually a toad.
There are two species of toads in New Jersey, the American Toad (Bufo americanus) and the Fowler's Toad (Bufo woodhousii fowleri). Based on this picture, I couldn't differentiate between the two.
Here's a link, see if it helps you:
http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/ensp/fieldguid...
Me again. Sometimes to identify a spotting I will do an image search. Try typing in 'small brown frogs in new jersey images'. You might just see something there you recognise. I manage to ID many of my spottings this way.
Green fingers? An awesome spotting, particularly for a first spotting. Any information added to the spotting in the description, habitat, and notes section, is always helpful. Reference links are also handy to provide more information, such as wilipedia for example. Welcome to the site. It's so rewarding, and I think really good fun :-)