American toad

Weight

118.7 g

Length

up to 11.1 cm

Lifespan

up to 36 years

Diet

Omnivore

Main food

arthropods, fruits

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

11,000 – 20,000

Reproduction

Eggs

Active

At night (nocturnal)

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAmphibia
4. orderAnura
5. familyBufonidae
6. genusAnaxyrus
7. SpeciesAnaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836)

Synonyms Anaxyrus americanus americanus, Anaxyrus americanus charlesmithi, Anaxyrus charlesmithi, Bufo americanus, Bufo americanus alani, Bufo americanus americanus, Bufo americanus charlesmithi, Bufo americanus copei, Bufo americanus quadripunctatus, Bufo copei, Bufo copeii, Bufo lentiginosus americanus, Bufo terrestris americanus, Bufo terrestris charlesmithi, Bufo terrestris copei, Chilophryne americana, Incilius americanus

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{american_toad_2026,
  title = {American toad (Anaxyrus americanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/american-toad},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}