Sonoran Green Toad
Bufo (Anaxyrus) retiformis
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- A. retiformis – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- A. retiformis – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Steve Bledsoe
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- A. retiformis – Pima Co, AZ – photo by Jason Penney
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- A. retiformis – Map by USGS
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Anaxyrus) retiformis occurs in southern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Anaxyrus) retiformis (Sanders and Smith – 1951)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Anaxyrus – Greek = a chief, a leader
Species: retiformis, Latin – retis = of a net + forma = shape + –is + pertaining to — ref. net-like dorsal pattern of black lines
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962