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Arroyo Toad vs. Western Toad

Both live along sandy streams in coastal southern California; their records overlap there. A: No stripe down the middle in the Arroyo Toad; a pale stripe down the middle of the back in the Western Toad. B: A pale V-shaped band across the head between the eyes in the Arroyo Toad; no pale band across the head in the Western Toad. The Arroyo Toad is smaller (to 3 in) and sand-coloured; it calls with a long high trill, the Western Toad with weak peeps.

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Arroyo Toad

Anaxyrus californicus

Western Toad

Anaxyrus boreas
Arroyo Toad vs. Western Toad: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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