Compare two species

Texas Toad vs. Woodhouse's Toad

Both are big grey-brown toads of the plains and valleys of New Mexico and Texas (records share 30 one-degree squares). A: Cranial crests absent or severely reduced to low, faint ridges; cranial skin frequently fuses to skull in the Texas Toad; prominent, well-developed cranial crests forming a sharp L-shape around the eye, touching the parotoid gland in the Woodhouse's Toad. B: Inner metatarsal tubercle sharp, black-edged, elongated and cutting; built for rapid burrowing in the Texas Toad; inner metatarsal tubercle large, rounded or weakly raised, with a blunt, pale-to-darkened edge in the Woodhouse's Toad. C: No pale stripe in the Texas Toad; a pale stripe down the middle of the back in the Woodhouse's Toad. The crests are the definitive head character (check by touch or a close look); the spade separates them at once in the hand (owner's table). Calls differ: the Texas Toad gives short trills about half a second long, over and over; Woodhouse's a nasal, bleating 'waaah' 1 to 2.5 seconds long.

Open this comparison in Wildsight

Texas Toad

Anaxyrus speciosus

Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii

Photographs via iNaturalist under Creative Commons licences; the photographers are credited on the sheet.

More comparisons

Wildsight identifies the reptiles and amphibians of the United States. Every comparison