Red-spotted Toad
Bufo (Anaxyrus) punctatus
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- A. punctatus – Graham Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- A. punctatus – Maricopa Co, AZ – photo by Will Wells
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- A. punctatus – Map by USGS
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Anaxyrus) punctatus occurs throughout central and western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, southeastern California and southern Nevada and southern Utah.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Anaxyrus) punctatus (Baird and Girard – 1852)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Anaxyrus – Greek = a chief, a leader
Species: punctatus, Latin – punctatus = spotted — ref. spotted dorsal pattern
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962