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Anaxyrus cognatus
Great Plains Toad
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Photographer: William Flaxington
ID: 0000 0000 0303 0266 (2003-03-17)Copyright © 2022 William Flaxington
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date of photo Mar 15, 2003
latitude 33.57167 longitude -116.07639 max error distance 5133 meters
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horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984 georeferencing source GeoLocatelocation
Mecca, Coachella Valley (Riverside County, California, US)family
Bufonidae
order
Anura
class Amphibia
habitat Agriculturenotes Conspicuous cranial crest and black tubercle on hind feet. Above cream with gray and brown dorsal blotching in symmetrical pattern; below white. Some specimens showed reddish dorsal warts. When held expressed squawking release call. Only males detected, all similar in length: SVL 70 mm (2¾ in.). During rainy night, many dead and live toads detected on roads intersecting orchards and urban structures. Although common, fewer were detected than its counterpart, Bufo woodhousii. Most were seen on roadways paralleling small, unspoiled land parcels. A conscious effort was made to detect breeding choruses, but none were heard.photo category: Animal - Amphibian
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Great Plains Toad (AW )
Great Plains Toad (photographer)
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