Dixie Valley Toad vs. Western Toad
The Dixie Valley Toad, described in 2017, lives only in the hot-spring marshes of Dixie Valley; the nearest Western Toads are about 80 km away. A: Olive with gold flecks; rust-coloured warts edged black in the Dixie Valley Toad; grey to olive; warts in dark blotches, no gold flecks in the Western Toad. B: Short, tan in the Dixie Valley Toad; big and oval in the Western Toad. C: Thin cream line, broken in the Dixie Valley Toad; broad and unbroken in the Western Toad. D: Tiny: 1.7 to 2.75 in in the Dixie Valley Toad; bigger: to 5 in in the Western Toad. The Dixie Valley Toad also has big, close-set eyes, a big eardrum and plain white throat. In the field the place says most: each endemic toad is the only toad in its valley.
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