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Fowler's Toad Fowler&#039;s toad is usually brown, grey, olive green and rust red in color with darkened warty spots. If the toad has a pale stripe on its back it is an adult. The belly is usually uniformly whitish except for one dark spot. The male may be darker in overall color than the female.<br /> <br /> Predators of the toad include snakes, birds, and small mammals. It uses defensive coloration to blend into its surroundings, as you can see in these picture! It also secretes a chemical from the warts on its back, which is distasteful to predators and can be lethal to some small mammals. Anaxyrus fowleri,Fowler's Toad,Fowler's toad,Geotagged,Spring,United States,toad Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Fowler's Toad

Fowler's toad is usually brown, grey, olive green and rust red in color with darkened warty spots. If the toad has a pale stripe on its back it is an adult. The belly is usually uniformly whitish except for one dark spot. The male may be darker in overall color than the female.

Predators of the toad include snakes, birds, and small mammals. It uses defensive coloration to blend into its surroundings, as you can see in these picture! It also secretes a chemical from the warts on its back, which is distasteful to predators and can be lethal to some small mammals.

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    The ID for this toad is Anaxyrus fowleri. I've tried adding the ID (there is a Wikipedia page), but I'm getting an error message. Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
      Claire Hamilton
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      I tried too but same problem. I also tried the old name of Bufo fowleri and still no joy. It does say at the top of the Wiki page that it needs additional citations for verification. Could this be the problem? In which case...manual??? Posted 7 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Done, created manually. This doesn't happen often, but sometimes there's a Wikipedia page yet it still fails. Main reason is that the process that tries to parse that page, dissecting it into bits we find useful over here, chokes on something unexpected. Hard to solve, since Wikipedia is free-format, not fully structured.

        @Christine: sorry, somehow missed your initial comment. If I don't respond for too long, don't hesitate to message me directly. We shall leave no species behind :)         Posted 7 years ago
        1. View Claire Hamilton's profile
          Claire Hamilton
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          Thanks for the explanation Ferdy! Posted 7 years ago
        2. View Christine Young's profile
          Christine Young
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          Thanks Ferdy for figuring it out :) Posted 7 years ago
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        Christine Young
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        Thanks for trying to help Claire. Posted 7 years ago

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The Fowlers toad

Fowler's toad is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. The species is native to North America, where it occurs in much of the eastern United States and parts of adjacent Canada. It was previously considered a subspecies of Woodhouse's toad.

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Uploaded Feb 28, 2018. Captured Jun 6, 2015 11:45 in 18 W Main St, Pawling, NY 12564, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/4.5
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm