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Sonoran Green Toad

Anaxyrus retiformis (Sanders & Smith 1951)

Description

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Snout-vent length ranges from 40 to 47 mm in males and 45 to 49 mm in females. Dorsal coloration is composed of yellow blotches with green central areas, separated by thin black reticulations. The ventral surface is white. Vocal sac is greyish black in mature males. The dorsal surface is covered with low, black-tipped warts. Larger warts are found along the sides of the body. Ventrally they are covered with small, dark-tipped granules. Paratoid glands are large but inconspicuous. Warts on the paratoid are greatly reduced and tipped with black.

Reference

Hulse, A. C. (1963). ''Bufo retiformis.'' Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 207.1-207.2.

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Distribution and Habitat

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Restricted to southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, north of Guaymas. This species is found most commonly in open, rolling, mesquite-grassland between 500 and 1500 ft in elevation. Its range extends into the Pacific Coastal Plain of Mexico only in the vicinity of Hermosillo, possibly as a result of increased well drilling and irrigation.
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Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special Behaviors

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Anaxyrus retiformis eggs are yellow with a band of melanin, and are about 1.15 mm in diameter. Tadpoles hatch at a later stage than most bufonids. Calls are made from clumps of grass usually within three feet of the water's edge. Calls are wheezy sounding and generally last 1 to 3 sec.
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Habitat manipulation due to agriculture has resulted in A. retiformis replacing A. kelloggi to the south and west of Hermosillo.
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Brief Summary

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The Sonoran Green Toad is endemic to the Sonoran Desert. This small green toad is only 2 ½ inches in length. It is brightly colored green with yellowish spots covering the topside of its body. They are found mostly in open grasslands and washes with mesquite trees and creosote bush. They are very active during monsoon season.

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Sonoran green toad

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The Sonoran green toad (Anaxyrus retiformis; in Spanish "sapo verde de Sonora" or "sapo verde sonorense")[1][2][3] is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.[4]

Distribution and habitat

The Sonoran green toad is endemic to the counties of Pima and Pinal in Arizona in the south western United States and to northern Mexico. In the United States its range extends from near Mobile southwards to the San Cristobal Wash and the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and eastwards to the Mission San Xavier del Bac and the Altar Valley. In Mexico its range is from the west-central part of Sonora State northwards. Its altitudinal range is from 150 to 900 metres (490 to 2,950 ft). Its typical habitat is arid and semi-arid plains with grass, creosote bush, mesquite and saguaro.[5]

Behavior

The Sonoran green toad is nocturnal and little is known of its behavior outside the breeding season. It is thought that it may be fossorial, living underground for most of the year and emerging only in wet conditions, and it is not clear whether or not it estivates. Breeding takes place in July and August, the males appearing at breeding sites one to two days after heavy rain has fallen. The sites chosen are ditches, temporary pools, creek beds and cattle tanks. The males call from low vegetation within a few metres of the water. The call has been described as resembling "the buzzer on an electric alarm clock".[5] When a female arrives in response to the male, they move together into the water, amplexus occurs and a batch of eggs is laid. The temporary waterbodies tend to dry up rapidly and it is thought that the eggs hatch within three days and the tadpoles develop to metamorphosis in two to three weeks.[5]

Status

The Sonoran green toad is inactive for about ten months of the year so information on it is limited. The population is believed to be stable as it has been redetected in most of its historic locations and has been discovered in a number of new ones. Females are sometimes collected for the pet trade or research but otherwise it faces few particular threats and increased irrigation may create new habitats. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Geoffrey Hammerson, Georgina Santos-Barrera, Sean Blomquist (2004). "Anaxyrus retiformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T3173A9656360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T3173A9656360.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Ochoa-Ochoa, L.; M. Correa-Cano; O. Flores-Villela; U. García-Vázquez; L. Canseco-Márquez (2009). "Bufo retiformis (Sapo verde sonorense). Área de distribución potencial". Catálogo de metadatos geográficos (in Spanish). Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  3. ^ "Rerserva de la biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar" (in Spanish). Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático (INECC). Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  4. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2014). "Anaxyrus retiformis (Sanders and Smith, 1951)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2014-09-18.
  5. ^ a b c Blomquist, Sean M. "Anaxyrus retiformis". AmphibiaWeb. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  • Pauly, G. B.; Hillis, D. M.; Cannatella, D. C. (November 2004). "The History of a Nearctic Colonization: Molecular Phylogenetics and Biogeography of the Nearctic Toads (Bufo)". Evolution. 58 (11): 2517–2535. doi:10.1554/04-208. PMID 15612295.
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Sonoran green toad: Brief Summary

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The Sonoran green toad (Anaxyrus retiformis; in Spanish "sapo verde de Sonora" or "sapo verde sonorense") is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

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