Scaphiopodidae, Microhylidae, Craugastoridae & Family ID

• True toads • Prominent cranial crests • Dry warty skin • Short forelimbs for hopping and walking • Parotoid gland behind large eyes containing a toxin • Some snakes have adapted immunity to this toxin and can consume toads

• Tree, Cricket, and Chorus Frogs • Paratoid glands absent • Small, long limbed, toe pads, short webs between toes • Horizontal pupils • 7 spp to know

• “True frogs” • Free fingers; webbed toes • Smooth skin • Paratoid glands absent or indistinct • Usually horizontal pupils

• ”Spadefoot frogs” • Keratinized spades on hind feet • Allow burrowing into the dirt • Cat-like eyes • Desert dwellers • 2 spp to know • 1 genus

• “Narrow mouthed frogs” • 2 or 3 pallet folds • Feed on ants and termites • 1 sp to know

F: [blank_start]Scaphiopodidae[blank_end] S: [blank_start]Scaphiopus hurterii[blank_end] C: [blank_start]Hurter's spadefoot[blank_end]

F: [blank_start]Scaphiopodidae[blank_end] S: [blank_start]Scaphiopus couchii[blank_end] C: [blank_start]Couch's spadefoot[blank_end]

F: [blank_start]Microhylidae[blank_end] S: [blank_start]Gastrophryne olivacea[blank_end] C: [blank_start]Great Plains narrow-mouthed toad[blank_end]

F: [blank_start]Microhylidae[blank_end] S: [blank_start]Gastrophryne carolinensis[blank_end] C: [blank_start]Eastern narrow-mouthed toad[blank_end]

F: [blank_start]Craugastoridae[blank_end] S: [blank_start]Craugastor augusti[blank_end] C: [blank_start]Barking frog[blank_end]