Southwest Reptiles and Amphibians
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Dixie Valley Toad - Anaxyrus williamsi
Gordon, Simandle & Tracy, 2017(=Bufo williamsi)
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| Adult, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada | |||
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| Adult, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada | |||
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| Adult, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada | |||
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| Adult, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada | |||
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| Adult, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada © Jeremiah Easter | |||
| Habitat | |||
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| Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada | Habitat, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada |
Habitat, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada |
Habitat, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada |
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| Habitat, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada |
Habitat, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada |
Habitat, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada |
Habitat, Dixie Valley, Churchill County, Nevada |
| This toad was described in the publication cited below, in July of 2017. Michelle R. Gordon, Eric T. Simandle & C. Richard Tracy. A diamond in the rough desert shrublands of the Great Basin in the Western United States: A new cryptic toad species (Amphibia: Bufonidae: Bufo (Anaxyrus)) discovered in Northern Nevada. Zootaxa 4290 (1): 123-139 © 2017 Magnolia Press. |
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| This is the sound of the release call of an adult Dixie Toad. The toad made three series of calls. | |||
A release call is produced by a male toad or an unreceptive female toad when a frog or other animal (including a human hand) grabs it across the back in the position used for mating or amplexus. It's a frog's way of saying "Get off my back! Let go!" In some species of toads, this call is also made during the breeding season when a male toad enters another male toad's territory. |
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