Western Toad
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Western Toad

Anaxyrus boreas

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Joshua Tree National Park
1 Verified records at Joshua Tree National Park
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) is a large toad species, between 5.6 and 13 cm (2.2 and 5.1 in) long, native to western North America. A. boreas is frequently encountered during the wet season on roads, or near water at other times. It can jump a considerable distance for a toad. Breeding occurs between March and July in mountainous areas, and as early as January in lower-elevation regions. The female lays up to 17,000 eggs stuck together in strings that adhere to vegetation and other objects along water edges. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Joshua Tree National Park

Red-spotted Toad
LC

Red-spotted Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Anaxyrus punctatus

10–20% · With luck
Woodhouse's Toad
LC

Woodhouse's Toad

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Anaxyrus woodhousii

5–10% · With luck
Great Plains Toad
LC

Great Plains Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Anaxyrus cognatus

Insufficient data
California Treefrog
LC

California Treefrog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Pseudacris cadaverina

5–10% · With luck
American Bullfrog

American Bullfrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Lithobates catesbeianus

Insufficient data
Pacific chorus frog
LC

Pacific chorus frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Pseudacris regilla

Insufficient data
Rio Grande Leopard Frog
LC

Rio Grande Leopard Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Lithobates berlandieri

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Western Toad at Joshua Tree National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️🌙 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 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
40–50%
2 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
40–50%
3 Elk Island National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
40–50%
4 Glacier National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
5 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
6 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
7 Jasper National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
8 Banff National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
9 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
10 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
11 Grand Teton National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
12 Yellowstone National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
13 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
14 Yosemite National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
15 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
16 Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
17 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
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