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Southern Toad vs. Gulf Coast Toad

Gulf Coast Toads are the commonest toad around Southern Toads in the Florida Parishes (a record within 10 km of 17 of 19 Southern Toad records). A: Tall crests ending in large, horn-like knobs behind the eyes in the Southern Toad; high crests making a deep, sunken valley between the eyes, without knobs in the Gulf Coast Toad. B: No broad dark band along the side in the Southern Toad; a broad dark band along each side, under a pale stripe in the Gulf Coast Toad. C: No knobs yet; tall, fluted ridges; no dark side band in the Southern Toad; the dark side band and high crests already show in the Gulf Coast Toad.

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Southern Toad

Anaxyrus terrestris

Gulf Coast Toad

Incilius nebulifer
Southern Toad vs. Gulf Coast Toad: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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