Southern Toad vs. Oak Toad
Both live in the open pine flatwoods of the Florida Parishes (records within 4 to 15 km); a young Southern Toad is as small as an Oak Toad. A: A pale middle line in some, never as bold, often fading towards the rump in the Southern Toad; a bold, bright cream stripe from the snout to the rump, always in the Oak Toad. B: Ridges ending in knobs, bending outwards behind the eye in the Southern Toad; tall, wide-set ridges that curve in towards each other, no knobs in the Oak Toad. C: Adults 1.6 to 3.1 in in the Southern Toad; adults only 0.75 to 1.4 in, egg-shaped with long, spindly legs in the Oak Toad. D: Young are as small as an Oak Toad: no bold cream stripe, and tall, fluted ridges in the Southern Toad; adults this small, with the bold cream stripe in the Oak Toad. Oak Toads are out by day and peep like baby chicks; they do not hybridize with the other toads.
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