Oak Toad. Oak Frog. Dwarf Toad 





Plate XXII. i, 2. Males 

 croaking (xf). 3, 8. Males 

 (xi). 4,6,7,9. Females (xi). 

 5. Egg bars (xf). 



Bufo quercicus Holbrook. 



Range: North Carolina to 

 Florida west to Louisiana. 

 Habitat: Pine-barrens. 



Size: Adults, 3/4-1 1/4 

 inches. (Males, 19-30 mm. 

 Females, 20.5-32 mm.). 



General appearance: This 

 pigmy toad has a light stripe 

 down the back, and 4 or 5 

 pairs of unconnected spots 

 along the middle of back 

 from the first pair between 

 the eyes to the last which are 

 merely two pinpoints just 

 ahead of vent. They may be 

 light brown or almost black 

 so that the spots barely show. 

 The skin is finely roughened 

 with tubercles, many of 

 which are red. This brightly 

 colored little fellow looks like 

 a bit of velvet or tapestry. 

 The arms and legs are barred 

 with black. The vocal sac of 

 the male is conspicuous when 

 deflated, and is a triangular 

 apron with the base on the 

 gular line, and the point ex- 

 tending backward over the 

 pectoral region. Under parts 

 grayish or buffy. 



Structure: Head to angle of 

 mouth short; snout pointed; 

 body short; flat; hind limbs 

 shorter than body length; 

 first finger less than or equal 

 to second; cranial crests di- 



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