Spotted Toad. Belding's Toad. Canyon 



Toad. Red-spottedToad. 



Plate XXI. i. Male 

 croaking (xf). 2, 3, 5. Males 

 (xf). 4. Female (xi). 



Bufo punctatus Baird and 

 Girard. 



Range: South central Texas 

 west to southern California 

 and Lower California. 



Habitat: Desert canyons, 

 breeding in rock-bottomed 

 pools of these intermittent 

 streams. 



Size: Adults, 1 3/ S~3 

 inches. (Males, 40-68 mm. 

 Females, 42-64 mm., or even 

 74 mm. in Lower California). 



General appearance: This is 

 a small, delicately formed, 

 alert, attractive toad of gray- 

 ish, greenish tan, taupe, drab 

 or even red color, with a 

 flattened body and a broad 

 flat back evenly covered 

 with scattered tubercles of 

 small size. The tubercles on 

 the back, sides, and legs may 

 be reddish or orange cinna- 

 mon or light vinaceous cin- 

 namon. There may be black 

 rings or partial rings at the 

 bases of the tubercles. The 

 under parts are buff or white 

 and may be spotted with 

 black in the smaller toads. 

 The under part of the hind 

 leg is grayish. The legs may 

 be barred or spotted with 

 black. The conspicuous marks 

 of this toad are the small, 

 round parotoids, the broad 

 interorbital area, the sharp 

 edged often pebbly canthus 



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