Arroyo Toad
Bufo (Anaxyrus) californicus
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- A. californicus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- A. californicus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- A. californicus – San Diego Co, CA – photo by Kent VanSooy
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Anaxyrus) californicus occurs only in southwestern California.
LEGAL STATUS: Bufo (Anaxyrus) californicus is protected in California as a Species of Special Concern and listed as Threatened under the U. S. Endangered Species Act (ESA).
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Anaxyrus) californicus (Camp – 1915)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Anaxyrus – Greek = a chief, a leader
Species/Subspecies: californicus, belonging to the state of California — ref. to type locality Ventura County, CA, 1912
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962