{"id":14504,"date":"2014-04-17T22:04:09","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T03:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=14504"},"modified":"2014-04-18T08:23:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T13:23:48","slug":"eastern-american-toad-at-southcoast-bog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=14504","title":{"rendered":"Eastern American Toad at SouthCoast Bog"},"content":{"rendered":"

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American Toad (Bufo [Anaxyrus] americanus)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

With the recent cold snap, aquatic and marine turtles have returned to slumber (brumation). \u00c2\u00a0Wetland frogs that had been in riotous clamor have become quiet. \u00c2\u00a0So, we were surprised yesterday when we discovered this American toad in a local bog. \u00c2\u00a0Rufus (the Turtle Dog) found the toad. \u00c2\u00a0She sniffed out the critter hiding in a clump of grass, and pointed her nose at the toad until she caught our attention. \u00c2\u00a0Rufus is quite the research assistant.<\/span><\/p>\n

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American Toad at SouthCoast Grassi Bog<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The American toad (Bofu<\/em> [Anaxyrus<\/em>] americanus<\/em>) is one of the more frequently seen amphibians whose habitat ranges throughout the eastern United States and Canada. \u00c2\u00a0They are sometimes called a “hop toad” and can reach a length of more than 4 inches. \u00c2\u00a0Adults are generally plump.<\/p>\n

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IF YOU HAVE AN iPAD & CAN’T SEE VIDEO, CLICK HERE.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

American Toad Call<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The American toad has a beautiful trilling call as illustrated in the YouTube video above.<\/p>\n

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American Toad Dorsal View<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

As described on the U.R.I. web site<\/a>, the American toad has a large, wide head, short limbs and rough, warty skin. \u00c2\u00a0A light, narrow mid-dorsal stripe may be present, as illustrated in this photograph.<\/p>\n

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American Toad Ventral View<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The ventral side is cream colored with small dark spots. \u00c2\u00a0Males have dark throats and females are significantly larger than males. \u00c2\u00a0Both factors indicate that this specimen is a female American toad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Toad (Bufo [Anaxyrus] americanus) With the recent cold snap, aquatic and marine turtles have returned to slumber (brumation). \u00c2\u00a0Wetland frogs that had been in riotous clamor have become quiet. \u00c2\u00a0So, we were surprised yesterday when we discovered this American toad in a local bog. \u00c2\u00a0Rufus (the Turtle Dog) found the toad. \u00c2\u00a0She sniffed out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[402,826],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14504"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14532,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14504\/revisions\/14532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}