Boreal toad

Weight

Not recorded

Length

up to 12.5 cm

Lifespan

up to 11.5 years

Diet

Omnivore

Main food

arthropods, leaves

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

5,213 – 16,500

Reproduction

Eggs

Active

At dawn and dusk (crepuscular)

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 boreas (Baird & Girard, 1852)

Synonyms Anaxyrus boreas boreas, Anaxyrus boreas halophilus, Bufo boreas, Bufo boreas boreas, Bufo boreas halophilus, Bufo canagicus canagicus, Bufo canagicus halophilus, Bufo columbiensis, Bufo columbiensis columbiensis, Bufo columbiensis halophilus, Bufo halophila, Bufo halophilus, Bufo halophilus columbiensis, Bufo halophilus halophilus, Bufo lamentor, Bufo lentiginosus pictus, Bufo nestor, Bufo pictus, Bufo politus, Rana canagica

Catalogue of Life

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@misc{boreal_toad_2026,
  title = {Boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/boreal-toad},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}