Bufo speciosus (Texas Toad)
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TEXAS
TOAD Bufo speciosus Girard, 1854
STATUS: Abundant
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: at the Mt. Creek
Lake area, the Cedar Hill area, and the Trinity bottoms at the Sylvan Rd
crossing; Johnson Co.:
4.4 mi N of Godley on FM 2435, and 4 mi S of Godley on FM 1192;
Parker Co.: 5
mi S of Aledo, 2.5 mi NNE of Aledo, 2.8 mi N of Whitt, and at Rio Brazos
Estates; Tarrant Co.:
Benbrook-Aledo Rd, along FM 1024, Old Crowley Rd, and S of Fort
Worth on Old Granbury Rd at I-260
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise.
HABITAT: Mesquite
Grand Prairie, Fort Worth Prairie, Brazos River Bottoms, Western Cross
Timbers, and cleared areas of the Trinity River Bottoms
COMMENTS: Texas toads are most commonly encountered in May, June,
and July on warm humid nights and after summer rains.
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