Yosemite Toad
Bufo (Anaxyrus) canorus
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- A. canorus – Alpine Co, CA – photo by Gary Nafis
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Anaxyrus) canorus occurs only in the high elevations of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
LEGAL STATUS: Bufo (Anaxyrus) canorus is protected in California as a Species of Special Concern.
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Anaxyrus) canorus (Camp – 1916)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Anaxyrus – Greek = a chief, a leader
Species: canorus, Latin = tuneful — “melodious trill uttered by this toad”
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962