American Toad. Northern Toad. Hop Toad 



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Plate X. i, 2, 3, 7. Males 

 (Xj). 4. Male trilling, while 

 sitting in shallow water (x§). 

 5. Young (x|). 6. Coils of 

 egg strings on the bottom of 

 a pond (xi). 



Bufo americanus ameri- 

 canus Holbrook. 



Range: Eastern North 

 America from Hudson Bay 

 southward. A Transition and 

 Canadian zone form. Com- 

 mon throughout its range. 



Habitat: Common in gar- 

 dens and cultivated fields, ap- 

 pearing more by night than 

 day. During the sunshiny 

 hours they seek cover beneath 

 piazzas, under board walks, 

 flat stones, boards, logs, wood 

 piles or other cover. When 

 cold weather comes, the toad 

 digs backwards into its sum- 

 mer quarters or may choose 

 another site for its hiberna- 

 tion. 



Size: Adults, 2 1/6-4 x /4 

 inches. (Males, 54-85 mm. 

 Females, 56-110 mm.). 



General appearance: Short 

 and fat in body, it has a short 

 broad head and the snout 

 broadly circular. The lower 

 surfaces are roughly granu- 

 lar, the back covered with 

 various sized warts, some of 

 which are large ones in pairs 

 down the middle of the back. 

 There are three or four pairs 

 of dark spots down the back, 

 each with one large wart. The 

 eyes are prominent. The arms 



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