Mexico Herpetology

Metamorph, 295′, Veracruz, Mexico

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TUXTLAN TOAD
Bufo cavifrons – Firschein 1950

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Bufo cavifrons is endemic to the isolated Sierra de los Tuxtlas region (including Volcan Santa Marta) of Veracruz, Mexico. Here, it occurs at elevations of 75-1600m.

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Rain Forest Habitat, 295′, Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

Oviposition Site, 320′, Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, Mexico

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Bufo cavifrons is a [...]

Adult Male, 2,300′, Pima Co., Arizona

SONORA GREEN TOAD
Bufo retiformis – Sanders & Smith 1951

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Man-made Oviposition site, 2,300′, Sonora-Arizona Border

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Adult Male, 600′, Sinaloa, Mexico

LITTLE MEXICAN TOAD
Bufo kelloggi – Taylor 1936

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Adult Female, Cochise Co., Arizona

WESTERN GREEN TOAD
Bufo debilis – Girard 1854
Bufo debilis insidior – Girard 1854

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Chihuahua Grassland Habitat, Cochise Co., Arizona

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SOUTHWESTERN WOODHOUSE’S TOAD
Bufo woodhousei – Girard 1854
Bufo woodhousei australis – Shannon & Lowe 1955

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VOLCAN TACANA TOAD
Bufo tacanensis – Smith 1952

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CAMPBELL’S RAINFOREST TOAD
Bufo campbelli –

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MEXICO CRESTED TOAD
Bufo macrocristatus – Firschein & Smith 1957

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CHIMALAPA TOAD
Bufo tutelarius –

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View Over Cerro Baul Region, Habitat of Bufo tutelarius

Ravine Seep Headwater Habitat, 3,000′, Oaxaca, Mexico

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OAXACA TOAD
Bufo spiculatus –

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CONFUSING TOAD
Bufo perplexus – Taylor 1943

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JEWELED TOAD
Bufo gemmifer – Taylor 1939

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EASTERN GREEN TOAD
Bufo debilis – Girard 1854
Bufo debilis debilis – Girard 1854

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LARGE-CRESTED TOAD
Bufo cristatus – Wiegmann 1833

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BOCOURT’S HIGHLAND TOAD
Bufo bocourti – Brocchi 1877

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