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Great Plains Toad
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Scientific Name:
Bufo Cognatus
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Common Name:
Great Plains Toad
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Description:
Large with well-defined, pale-bordered dark blotches, in symmetrical pairs on its back. Cranial crests diverge widely toward rear and are more or less united on the snout to form a boss. Inner tubercle on each hind foot usually sharp-edged. Generally light brown, olive, or gray above, with dusky, olive or green blotches. Sometimes a narrow middorsal stripe. Whitish below, usually unspotted. Voice: Harsh explosive clatter resembling a jackhammer, lasting 5 - 50 more seconds, almost deafening when large numbers are heard at close range.
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References:
Excerpts from A FIELD GUIDE TO WESTERN REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS, 3/e by Robert C. Stebbins. Copyright (c) 2003 by Robert C. Stebbins. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Diet:
moths, flies, beetles
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Size:
2" to 40.5"
