Rocky Mountain Toad
Bufo (Anaxyrus) woodhousii woodhousii
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- A. w. woodhousii – Motley Co, TX – photo by Ben Stupavsky
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Anaxyrus) w. woodhousii occurs in central Texas, eastern New Mexico, northern Arizona and in extreme southwestern Arizona and southeastern California.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Anaxyrus) woodhousii woodhousii (Girard – 1854)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Anaxyrus – Greek = a chief, a leader
Species/Subspecies: woodhousii, honors Samuel W. Woodhouse
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962