Fowler's Toad. Danver's Toad 



Plate XVIII. I, 4, 5. 

 Males (xf). 2. Adult (x|). 

 3. Female (xf). 



Bufofowleri Hinckley. 



Range: New England and 

 New York south to Georgia, 

 west along the Great Lakes 

 to Michigan and along the 

 Gulf Coast to Central Texas. 

 It is an Upper Austral species. 



Habitat: Beaches, coasts, 

 lake shores, or river banks, 

 which are the more sandy 

 and warmer places through- 

 out its range, are the usual 

 choice. It is common along 

 roadsides, about homes, in 

 fields, pastures and gardens, 

 sand dunes and pine barrens. 

 It breeds in the shallow water 

 of permanent ponds or in 

 flooded low ground or road- 

 side ditches, or along river 

 shores. 



Size: Adults, 2-3 1/4 

 inches. (Males, 51-74.5 mm. 

 Females, 56-82 mm.). 



General appearance: These 

 toads commonly have a 

 greenish cast to the general 

 color with a yellowish or buff 

 mid-dorsal stripe. The back 

 is marked by distinct black- 

 edged dark spots. The tuber- 

 cles are reddish brown, and 

 usually several small ones 

 occur in each of the dark 

 spots. The parotoids are long 

 ovals. The under parts are 

 cream-colored with a dark 

 pectoral spot. The throat of 

 the male is black, that of the 



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