Texas Toad
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Bufo Species: B. speciosus
Binomial name
Bufo speciosus Girard, 1854
Synonyms
Anaxyrus speciosus

The Texas Toad (Bufo speciosus) is a species of small (3") toad native to the United States, primarily in the state of Texas, but it ranges north into Oklahoma, west into New Mexico and south into Mexico.

References

• Pauly, G. B., D. M. Hillis, and D. C. Cannatella. (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads (Bufo). Evolution 58: 2517–2535.
• Hammerson & Santos-Barrera (2004). Bufo speciosus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern.
• IUCN RangeMap: Bufo speciosus

• USGS: Texas Toad

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Bufo speciosus". Image Credit.

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