Bufo woodhouseii (Woodhouse's Toad)
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WOODHOUSE'S
TOAD Bufo woodhousii Girard, 1854
STATUS: Abundant
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Collin
Co.: 2 mi W of Wylie, 2
mi E of Lucus, and 2.5 mi NE of Farmersville;
Dallas Co.: Mt.
Creek Lake area, Farmers Branch Creek at Josey Lane, Bachman Lake area,
Cedar Hill area, .2 mi N of Texas Plume Rd on Boss Cope Rd;
Hood Co.: .1 mi
S FM 51 on FM 201 near Lollar Branch and along Tx 171;
Johnson Co.: 1.1
mi NNE Cleburne State Park, 3 mi N of Keene, and along Tx 171;
Kaufman Co.: 2.3
mi SE Kemp on US 175, 1.0 mi E of Tx 34 on Tx 243, and NE of Terrell, and
E of Kaufman; Parker Co.: Lake
Mineral Wells State Park, Rio Brazos Estates, 13.1 mi N of Cresson, and
along Tx 171; Somervell
Co.: 1.3 mi W of Glen
Rose, 14 mi W of Rio Vista at Johnson Ranch, and 12.1 mi S of Park Rd. 21
on US 67; Tarrant Co.:
Hillridge Ct. in NW Arlington, Benbrook-Aledo Rd, FM 1024 near
Benbrook, at Bell Helicopter Plant in Hurst, US 377 at Dutch Branch,
Botanic Gardens in Trinity Park, Arlington area, and the Euless area;
Wise Co.: Lyndon
B. Johnson Nat'l Grasslands
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Collin,
Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell,
Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: all habitats
in the Metroplex
SUBSPECIES: East Texas
Toad (B. w. velatus Bragg
& Sanders, 1951) and Woodhouse's Toad
(B. w. woodhousii Girard,
1854)
COMMENTS: Woodhouse's
toad is in decline in some urban areas.
The east Texas toad has only been found in eastern Kaufman County.
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