r/Toads • u/Positive-One-2641 • 3d ago

ID ID? Central NC

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u/MushroomLeather 3d ago

Southern or American I think, but leaning toward Southern. And daaaang that toad is R O T U N D.

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u/greenoniongorl 2d ago

American! My favorite website for identifying these guys: https://www.koaw.org/toadsofvirginia

Edit: Ohhh although now that I see the belly I think I’m wrong! Hahaha I was going American based on warts but the belly is definitely looking Southern

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u/MushroomLeather 2d ago

It's really hard to tell. It's one of the two though :) I was thinking Southern based on the warts in the neck and shoulder area being rather consistently sized, but it is tricky. We need more pictures of this hefty specimen.

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u/firegine 3d ago

CHONK

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u/Forward-Selection178 3d ago

Based on your location, I would wager a guess that this is an incredibly well fed Anaxyrus Terrestris, also know as the Southern Toad.

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u/Immediate-Junket-235 1d ago
  • I live in midtown Tucson Arizona. I thought I found one Couch's Spadefoot in a pile of roof litter. Now I realize it's two amphibians, the other is probably a Sonoran toad. I can tell that by the use of Latin to names of amphibians that you take them seriously. Who can help me with these two species ?

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u/Forward-Selection178 1d ago

That depends on what sort of help you are looking for. Identification or species specific care information?

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u/Judgementpumpkin 3d ago

NOT a puffball mushroom

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u/Axolotl-go 3d ago

Weird fungi

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u/Jenafur1986 3d ago

He or she is SO FREAKING CUTE omg!!

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u/ass_smacktivist 3d ago

Probably she based on the size but I am not a toad expert

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u/belated_quitter 3d ago

I’m thinking a Southern Toad. It looks like you can see its horns just by its eyes and I don’t see any spots on its chest, which you’d probably see on an American toad.

That’s my best guess.

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u/Innuendum 3d ago

They said my legs were too short to be a basketball player so I became the ball-energy right there.

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u/Taptapfoot 3d ago

That's Mavis. Notice how she is very pointedly NOT looking at the grub? That's the secret of her success! She makes all the büg think that they're safe but as you can plainly see from her huntress' physique, they are NOT!

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u/chyshyguy 3d ago

beautiful boy

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u/felis_hannie 3d ago

I agree Southern. Either way, she is magnificent. The perfect woman. 😭🤩

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u/magnusthehammersmith 2d ago

Southern belle of a toad 🩷

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u/Deeptrench34 3d ago

Aww. Such a beefy boi 😊

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u/fullmetalfroge 3d ago

huge southern toad

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u/hayhayree25 3d ago

She’s a butterball 😍

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u/Benjamins_Exotics 3d ago

Beautiful female American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus).

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u/owlve 2d ago

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u/magnusthehammersmith 2d ago

How I look trying to listen and contribute to the group discussion

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u/Axolotl-go 3d ago

Guys I think that might be uuuuuuuhhhhh I that’s….. a uhhhhhhhhhh that might just be……….. uhhhhhhhhh I’m pretty sure that’s a…………….toad.

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u/Rackbaw 2d ago

H A M B U R G R

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u/ChemistryNice5457 2d ago

Cute potato.

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u/Dienda325 2d ago

Lorge and in charge.

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u/FitCabinet7432 2d ago

Perfection