- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold american toad, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the american toad
The American toad is a common toad found across the eastern half of Canada and the United States, with three subspecies. The eastern form usually measures 5 to 9 cm, and its skin ranges from yellow to brown to black, shifting with habitat, humidity, stress and temperature. It needs a shallow freshwater pond for breeding and dense vegetation for cover and hunting, and it can live almost anywhere with a supply of insects. Females lay two long ropes of 2,000 to 20,000 small black eggs. Tadpoles hatch in 3 to 12 days and reach adulthood in 50 to 65 days.
American Toad facts
- Tadpoles produce toxic chemicals in the skin, and fish have been reported to die after eating one.
- Its ancestors are thought to have rafted from South America before the Isthmus of Panama formed.
- Groups of tadpoles often reach the toadlet stage together and migrate to higher ground in a mass.
- The record length for an eastern American toad is 11.1 cm.
Where to see american toad in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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