Anaxyrus americanus
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American Toad
The genus Anaxyrus was split from Bufo by Frost et al in 2006. This split is particularly controversial among herpetologists, and many references still use the long-established Bufo.
Subspecies I've seen:
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/17050433PD.jpg)
A. a. americanus
Eastern American Toad
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/04051049PD_dwarf_am_toad.jpg)
A. a. charlesmithi
Dwarf American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus americanus
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Eastern American Toad
![Eastern American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus americanus)](../images/herps/standard/17050433PD.jpg)
I was with a group of snake-obsessed folks when we came across this fairly generic toad, so I just got a voucher shot and moved on to avoid wasting everyone's time. Only later did I realize that I hadn't seen this particular subspecies before. If I had, I probably would have tried to get a better photo.
Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi
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Dwarf American Toad
![Dwarf American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi)](../images/herps/standard/04051049PD_dwarf_am_toad.jpg)
This zaftig little toad was hopping about in the leaf litter following an afternoon shower, not fifty yards from where Meriwether Lewis met his fate in 1809.
![Dwarf American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi)](../images/herps/standard/08042308PD_toad.jpg)
This was one of numerous frogs and toads enjoying the floodwaters covering part of Snake Road.
Online references:
- Bufo americanus account on Walter Knapp's Frogs and Toads of Georgia
Printed references:
- Behler, J. L., King, F. W. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians
- Conant, R., Collins, J. T. 1998. Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America, Third Edition, expanded
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Elliott, L., Gerhardt, C. and Davidson, C. 2009. The Frogs and Toads of North America