Woodhouse's Toad
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Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Joshua Tree National Park
43 Verified records at Joshua Tree National Park
September 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 →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Woodhouse's Toad sighting in Joshua Tree National Park, based on 43 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Joshua Tree National Park

Red-spotted Toad
LC

Red-spotted Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Anaxyrus punctatus

10–20% · With luck
Great Plains Toad
LC

Great Plains Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Anaxyrus cognatus

Insufficient data
Western Toad
LC

Western Toad

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Anaxyrus boreas

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

5–10
Jan
<5
Feb
5–10
Mar
5–10
Apr
5–10
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
5–10
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
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 Joshua Tree National Park?

About 7% of wildlife watchers report a Woodhouse's Toad sighting in Joshua Tree National Park, based on 43 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

September has the highest sighting rate for Woodhouse's Toad in Joshua Tree National Park in our monthly data.

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