Bufo terrestris
Southern Toad
Bufo terrestris: Taxonomy | Photographs
- Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (chordates)
- Class: Amphibia (amphibians)
- Order: Anura (frogs, toads)
- Family: Bufonidae (true toads)
- Genus: Bufo
- Species: Bufo terrestris
- Common Names: Southern Toad
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Bufo terrestris
Tallahassee, FL
August, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Bufo terrestris - Side-view of the same toad as in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
August, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Bufo terrestris
Tallahassee, FL
June 18, 2003
Photo contributed by Emily Earp
Bufo terrestris - This is the same toad as in the above photo.
Tallahassee, FL
June 18, 2003
Photo contributed by Emily Earp
Bufo terrestris - A female brown widow (Latrodectus geometricus) investigates the catch-of-the-day: an unlucky, young southern toad (Bufo terrestris).
Lakeland, FL
July 13, 2004
Photo contributed by Tim Stradling
Bufo terrestris - This is the same female brown widow and southern toad as in the above photo.
Lakeland, FL
July 13, 2004
Photo contributed by Tim Stradling
Bufo terrestris - This is the same female brown widow and southern toad as in the above photos.
Lakeland, FL
July 13, 2004
Photo contributed by Tim Stradling
Bufo terrestris
Tallahassee, FL
October, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Bufo terrestris
Tallahassee, FL
October 13, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Bufo terrestris - This southern toad lived under a sidewalk until early summer of 2001. Each night, the toad could be found within a few feet of its burrow waiting for unsuspecting insects to wander by.
Tallahassee, FL
July, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
Bufo terrestris - This tiny toad (about the size of an adult's thumbnail) is hiding among small blades of grass, camouflaged by the ground beneath it.
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
September, 2000
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
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