Chihuahuan Green Toad
The Chihuahuan green toad is a small, flat-bodied toad with a light green to greenish-yellow color overlaid with black spots. They have a warty head and back, and unlike other toads, they lack cranial crests.
Breeding males have a black or dark gray throat and females have a white throat. Their transparent tadpoles are gray or greenish-gray and have 2/2 tooth rows. They take around two to four weeks to transform into froglets, and their size at metamorphosis is about one inch. They are able to withstand dry conditions by taking water up through a porous patch on their pelvic area by pressing it to damp soil.
- Conservation StatusThreatened
- Body sizeThe size of females surpasses that of males, with females measuring at around 1.7 to 2 inches, while males typically measure at 1.5 to 1.7 inches in length
- Native habitat Southwestern Oklahoma, as well as central Texas, the southern half of New Mexico, and northern Mexico to Zacatecas and San Luis Potosi.