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true toad

DEFINITIONS OF: true toad

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n tailless amphibian similar to a frog but more terrestrial and having drier warty skin

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bufo
any toad of the genus Bufo
Bufo marinus, agua, agua toad
largest known toad species; native to Central America; valuable destroyer of insect pests
Bufo bufo, European toad
common toad of Europe
Bufo calamita, natterjack
common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops
American toad, Bufo americanus
common toad of America
Bufo viridis, Eurasian green toad
Eurasian toad with variable chiefly green coloring
American green toad, Bufo debilis
small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes
Bufo canorus, Yosemite toad
of high Sierra Nevada meadows and forest borders
Bufo speciosus, Texas toad
nocturnal burrowing toad of mesquite woodland and prairies of the United States southwest
Bufo microscaphus, southwestern toad
a uniformly warty stocky toad of washes and streams of semiarid southwestern United States
Bufo boreas, western toad
of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
Type of:
anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
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