The red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus), formerly Bufo punctatus, is a toad in the family Bufonidae found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. [1][2][3] It is a small toad species growing to 3.7 to 7.5 cm (1.5 to 3.0 in) in length.

Several calling male Red-spotted toads at night in a desert creekbed in Yavapai County, Arizona, refuse to call while the camera lights are on them. Adults are 1.5 - 3 inches from snout to vent ( 3.8 - 7.6 cm). (Stebbins, 2003) A small toad with dry, warty skin, a flattened head and body, and a pointed snout. Cranial crests are weak or absent.

This small, up to 3 inch (76 mm) long toad has round parotoid glands, a characteristic which distinguishes it from other toad species in the region. It tends to be whitish when found in association with limestone, light tan to red around volcanic rocks, to brown above, with scattered reddish tubercles (raised bumps); the underside is creamy white.

Bufo (Anaxyrus) punctatus — Fouquette and Dubois, 2014, Checklist N.A. Amph. Rept.: 306. See comment under Bufonidae regarding how this arrangement is part of a a system that requires widespread paraphyly.

The red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus, formerly Bufo punctatus) is a toad in the family Bufonidae found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Most organisms interact with other organisms in some way or another, and how they do so usually defines how they fit into an ecosystem.

The red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus, formerly Bufo punctatus ) is a toad in the family Bufonidae found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is a small toad species growing to 3.7 to 7.5 cm (1.5 to 3.0 in) in length.

Small and flat, the red-spotted toad (Bufo punctatus) sports an olive to tan coloring with red-spots or tubercles on its back. Large circular glands called parotoids rest behind their bulging eyes.

Most of the literature on this species is under the name Bufo punctatus. Frost et al. (2006) subdivided former Bufo into several genera, including Anaxyrus, although that classification has met with some opposition by herpetological systematists. Suggested Reading: Bradford, D.E., A.C. Neale, M.S. Nash, D.W. Sada, and J.R. Jaeger. 2003.

2015年5月28日 · Bufo punctatus This rock-loving toad appears to be one of a suite of vertebrates moving into the southern portions of the region in the terminal Wisconsin, presumably in response to warmer summer temperatures and, possibly, increased summer precipitation.

Several calling male Red-spotted toads at night in a desert creekbed in Yavapai County, Arizona, U.S.A., refuse to call while the camera lights are on them. Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002.