Bufo valliceps (Gulf Coast Toad)
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GULF
COAST TOAD Bufo valliceps Wiegmann, 1833
STATUS: Abundant
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: Mt. Creek Lake area,
Seagoville area, Sandy Lake Rd near Trinity River, and Coombs Creek above
Beckley Av.; Johnson Co.: 7.9
mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US 67, 8.0 mi N of Tx 144 on US 67, 6.9 mi W of
Cleburne on US 67, Cleburne State Park, and 8.1 mi S of Park Rd. 21 on US
67; Parker Co.:
various county and state roads of southern part of county, Rio
Brazos Estates, 2 mi NW of Wheatland, and Moncrief Ranch S of Weatherford;
Tarrant Co.: Hillridge
Ct. and River Legacy Parks in NW Arlington, near Clear Fork of the Trinity
River bridge on US 377, Bear Creek 2 mi E of US 377 bridge, Euless area,
and Valley Lane in Arlington
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Ellis, Hood, Kaufman, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, and Tarrant
HABITAT: Mesquite
Grand Prairie, Blackland Prairie, Trinity River Bottoms, Eastern Cross
Timbers, Cedar-Limestone Hills, Brazos River Bottoms, and the southern
part of the Fort Worth Prairie
COMMENTS: The gulf
coast toad is most abundant in the southern half of the Metroplex and
seems to be increasing in number.
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