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Wyoming Toad vs. Woodhouse's Toad

Both occur in southeastern Wyoming. A: the Wyoming Toad's ridges join into a boss between the eyes; Woodhouse's Toad has two separate ridges that turn at a right angle behind the eyes and touch the long glands. B: Woodhouse's has a broad, crisp pale stripe down the back and grows to about 5 inches; the Wyoming Toad is about 2 inches, darker, with the stripe faint or missing. Woodhouse's belly is white with at most one chest spot; the Wyoming Toad's is spotted. The Wyoming Toad is endangered: do not handle it.

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Wyoming Toad

Anaxyrus baxteri

Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii
Wyoming Toad vs. Woodhouse's Toad: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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