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Texas Toad vs. Great Plains Toad

Both are toads of the southern plains that breed in rain pools after summer storms (records share 35 one-degree squares). A: Small dark spots, no big blotches in the Texas Toad; big dark blotches in matching pairs, each edged pale in the Great Plains Toad. B: None, or only faint ones in the Texas Toad; ridges forming a V, meeting in a hump on the snout in the Great Plains Toad. Calls differ: the Texas Toad's trills are short (about half a second); the Great Plains Toad's is a long, deafening metallic trill of 20 seconds or more.

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Texas Toad

Anaxyrus speciosus

Great Plains Toad

Anaxyrus cognatus

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