California Toad
Bufo (Anaxyrus) boreas halophilus
-
- A. b. halophilus – Mendocino Co, CA – photo by Travis Dimler
-
- A. b. halophilus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
-
- A. b. halophilus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
-
- A. b. halophilus Light colored morph – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
-
- A. b. halophilus Light colored morph – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
-
- A. b. halophilus – Orange Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
-
- A. b. halophilus – Orange Co, CA – photo by Steve Bledsoe
-
- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Anaxyrus) b. halophilus occurs throughout most of the state of California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Anaxyrus) boreas halophilus (Baird & Girard – 1853)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Anaxyrus – Greek = a chief, a leader
Species: boreas, Greek – boreal = northern – ref. to the northern distribution of the species
Subspecies: halophilus, Greek- halos = sea, salt + philos = having an affinity for — ref. coastal distribution
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962