Texas Toad
Bufo (Anaxyrus) speciosus
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- A. speciosus – Atascosa Co, TX – photo by Tom Lott
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- A. speciosus – Atascosa Co, TX – photo by Tom Lott
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- A. speciosus – Atascosa Co, TX – photo by Tom Lott
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- A. speciosus – Atascosa Co, TX – photo by Tom Lott
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Anaxyrus) speciosus occurs in southeastern New Mexico and throughout the western 3/4 of Texas.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Anaxyrus) speciosus (Girard – 1854)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Anaxyrus – Greek = a chief, a leader
Species: speciosus, Latin – speciosus = showy, beautiful
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962