Woodhouse's Toad
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Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Badlands National Park
67 Verified records at Badlands National Park
August Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) is a medium-sized (4 inches or 10 centimetres) true toad native to the United States and Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies. A. woodhousii tends to hybridize with Anaxyrus americanus where their ranges overlap. Wikipedia →

40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Woodhouse's Toad sighting in Badlands National Park, based on 67 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park

Great Plains Toad
LC

Great Plains Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Anaxyrus cognatus

20–30% · Possible
Northern Leopard Frog
LC

Northern Leopard Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Lithobates pipiens

20–30% · Possible
Boreal Chorus Frog
LC

Boreal Chorus Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Pseudacris maculata

10–20% · With luck
American Bullfrog

American Bullfrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Lithobates catesbeianus

Insufficient data
Plains Spadefoot
LC

Plains Spadefoot

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Spea bombifrons

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
20–30
Feb
10–20
Mar
5–10
Apr
30–40
May
50–60
Jun
40–50
Jul
50–60
Aug
30–40
Sep
20–30
Oct
10–20
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Badlands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
2 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
3 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
4 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
5 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Woodhouse's Toad in Badlands National Park?

About 43% of wildlife watchers report a Woodhouse's Toad sighting in Badlands National Park, based on 67 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Woodhouse's Toad in Badlands National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Woodhouse's Toad in Badlands National Park in our monthly data.

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