Several American toads (20 - 30) found crossing rural road during light drizzle, just after dark.
6 inches in length
American Toad (Bufo americanus) from Oxford, Mississippi
A nice-lookin toad, in a rock-grass ripple on the side of a lazy section of the (deep breath) North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. He was quite tolerant of my attention and I left him where I found him, calling contentedly to the world.
The American Toad (Bufo americanus) is a common species of toad found throughout the eastern United States and Canada. It is divided into three subspecies—the Eastern American Toad (B. a. americanus), the Dwarf American Toad (B. a. charlesmithi), and the rare Hudson Bay Toad (B. a. copei). Newer taxonomies consider this species Anaxyrus americanus.
