Red-spotted Toad
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Red-spotted Toad

Anaxyrus punctatus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Zion National Park
16 Verified records at Zion National Park
September Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

The red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus), formerly Bufo punctatus, is a toad in the family Bufonidae found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Red-spotted Toad sighting in Zion National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Zion National Park

Arizona Toad
LC Endemic

Arizona Toad

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Anaxyrus microscaphus

40–50% · Possible
Woodhouse's Toad
LC

Woodhouse's Toad

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Anaxyrus woodhousii

10–20% · With luck
Canyon Tree Frog
LC

Canyon Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Dryophytes arenicolor

50–60% · Likely
Great Basin Spadefoot
LC

Great Basin Spadefoot

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Spea intermontana

10–20% · With luck
Northern Leopard Frog
LC

Northern Leopard Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Lithobates pipiens

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

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

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙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 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
2 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
3 Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%
4 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
20–30%
5 Zion National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
6 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
7 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
8 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
9 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-spotted Toad in Zion National Park?

About 19% of wildlife watchers report a Red-spotted Toad sighting in Zion National Park, based on 16 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-spotted Toad in Zion National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Red-spotted Toad in Zion National Park in our monthly data.

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