Texas Toad

Taxobox
name = Texas Toad
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = stable

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image_size = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Bufonidae
genus = "Bufo"
species = "B. speciosus"
binomial = "Bufo speciosus"
binomial_authority = Girard, 1854
synonyms = "Anaxyrus speciosus"

The Texas Toad ("Bufo speciosus") is a species of small (3") toad native to the United States, primarily in the state of Texas, but it ranges north into Oklahoma, west into New Mexico and south into Mexico.

References

* (2004) The history of a Nearctic colonization: Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of the Nearctic toads ("Bufo"). "Evolution" "58": 2517–2535.
* Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern.
* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/rangemap.php?species=54761 IUCN Range
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* [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/narcam/idguide/bspecios.htm USGS: Texas Toad]