Created by Emilie Broussard
almost 5 years ago
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Short & squat
Sickle-shaped spade on hind feet
Two yellowish lines from eyes running down back, forming an hourglass shape
Terrestrial burrowing ecomorph
LA Range: NW LA & E of MR
Parotid glands separate or connected to ridge by spur (more space in between than Fowlers)
1-2 large warts in each of large dark spots
Light mid-dorsal stripe (may be absent)
Upland hardwood and pine forests
LA Range: E of MR
Parotid glands long and touch cranial crests
3+ warts in large dark spots
Light mid-dorsal stripe
Range: SE & E US
Small
Mid-dorsal stripe from snout to tailbone
Cute
Range: Florida parishes
Knobs at rear of interorbital crests with distinct rise at posterior
Two crests run forward from the knobs and approach each other towards the snout
Pine flatwoods and mixed hardwood
Range: E LA
Light mid-dorsal stripe
Cranial crests strongly developed with deep valley in center of head
Parotid glands often triangular
Best toad
Bottomland and mixed hardwoods, marsh forests
Range: S LA
Dark band on face
Dark X/cross on back
Pretty small
Most forested areas
Range: Statewide
Black spots on back and near groin
Black mask from snout to midbody, continuing on posterior
Black mask runs through eye
Yellow groin
Pine and mixed flatwoods
Range: SE US; last seen in LA in 1954
Dark spot below eye
Pale grey/brown
Stout forelegs
LACKS continuous light line on upper lip
Pastures and hardwood
Range: NW LA
Striped pattern
Light line along upper lip
Dark stripe from snout to groin, passes through eye
Everywhere but brackish/salt/large swamps
Range: Statewide
Dark triangle between eyes
Broad mid-dorsolateral band
Irregular dark band along rear thigh
Extensive feet webbing
Blunt head
Most habitats
Range: Statewide (-salt marsh)
Dark triangle between eyes
Thin middorsal stripe
Feet not as webbed as crepitans
Clean dark stripe on thigh
Sharply pointed head
Range: Florida parishes
Light spot under eye
Concealed part of hind legs pale yellow/green (NOT ORANGE)
Tetraploid
Swampy
Range: Disjunct
Usually grey or green
Hidden parts of hind legs bright orange, mottled with black
Warty for a treefrog
Variable color but usually bright green
Well-defined lateral stripe (anterior)
All habitats
Range: Statewide (-saltmarsh)
Dark line from snout along mid-lateral
Small spots near rear of thigh
No spot below eye
Pine habitats
Range: Florida parishes
Large, stout
Very spotted
Black/brown spots and yellow/white dots (on specimen visible on sides)
Bumpy skin
Pine habitats
Range: Florida Parishes
Variable color
Often dark bar/spot between eyes
Sometimes a light lateral stripe (not as pronounced as H. cinerea)
Large, circular toepads
Skin on top of head fused to skull
Dark irregular marks on head and back
Undersides and limbs dull pink
Urban
Introduced
NOLA area
Can be striped or mottled
Striped has longitudinal light stripes
Direct development
Invasive
Mottled light brown or green
Rostrum more pointed that E. planirostris
Invasive
Small and narrow head, snout short
Broad, light dorsolateral strips
Transverse skin fold on back of head behind eyes
Unwebbed feet
Irritating skin irritants
Statewide
Dorsolateral ridges present behind tympanum but absent from trunk
Snout blunt
Toes webbed
Usually brown
Heavily spotted
Belly has netlike pattern that fades towards head
Feet more extensively webbed than American
Bronzy color
Center of tympanum elevated
Dorsolateral ridges becomes disjunct at forelimbs and does not reach groin
Bronze or green
Irregular blotches (more background than spots)
Dorsolateral ridges
Distinct light line along upper jaw
Light spot in center of tympanum
Snout is pointed
Squarish dark spots in rows down back
Bright yellow/orange on hind legs
Light line along upper jaw
Prominent dorsolateral ridges extend to groin
Dark rounded dorsal spots encircled with light borders
Belly unspotted
Burrower
Warts
Dorsal dark but variable
Ventral always spotted
Spots lack light encirclement