Animalia > Chordata > Amphibia > Anura > Bufonidae > Anaxyrus > Anaxyrus terrestrisAnaxyrus terrestris (Southern Toad)Synonyms: Buffo clamosus; Bufo clamosus; Bufo erythronotus; Bufo lentiginosus; Bufo lentiginosus lentiginosus; Bufo lentiginosus pachycephalus; Bufo musicus; Bufo terrestris; Chilophryne lentiginosa; Incilius lentiginosus; Rana lentiginosa; Rana musica; Rana terrestris; Telmatobius lentiginosus The southern toad (Bufo terrestris or Anaxyrus terrestris) is a true toad native to the southeastern United States, from eastern Louisiana and southeastern Virginia south to Florida. It often lives in areas with sandy soils. It is nocturnal and spends the day in a burrow. Its coloring is usually brown but can be red, gray, or black. It is approximately 8 cm (3 inches) long. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.55 EDGE Score: 1.71 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 19 grams |  | | Gestation [1] | 3 days | | Litter Size [1] | 3,250 | | Litters / Year [2] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 10 years | | Snout to Vent Length [2] | 4.579 inches (11.63 cm) |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
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Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Big Cypress National Preserve |
V |
732120 |
Florida, United States |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
II |
9090 |
Florida, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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40530 |
United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
V |
9316 |
Virginia, United States |
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Congaree Swamp National Park |
II |
6095 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Cumberland Island National Seashore |
II |
20629 |
Georgia, United States |
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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary |
IV |
2387149 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Caroline National Memorial |
III |
137 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Matanzas National Monument |
III |
269 |
Florida, United States |
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Fort Pulaski National Monument |
V |
4213 |
Georgia, United States |
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Gulf Island National Seashore |
II |
67487 |
Florida, Mississippi, United States |
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Hot Springs National Park |
II |
5740 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Little St. Simons Island |
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Georgia, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
III |
100 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge |
IV |
38256 |
Florida, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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20317 |
South Carolina, United States |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 2Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data. ♦ 3Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177 ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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