Southern toad
Anaxyrus terrestris (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Status not recordedfrogs and toads
The southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) is a species in the family Bufonidae, order Anura. Recorded adults weigh about 33.3 g.
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Quick facts about the southern toad
- Weight
- 33.3 g
- Length
- up to 11.6 cm
- Lifespan
- up to 10 years
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 4,000
- Reproduction
- Eggs
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the southern toad live?
Not recorded
Is the southern toad endangered?
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.
How is the southern toad classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyBufonidae
- genusAnaxyrus
- SpeciesAnaxyrus terrestris (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Synonyms Buffo clamosus, Bufo clamosus, Bufo erythronotus, Bufo lentiginosus, Bufo lentiginosus lentiginosus, Bufo lentiginosus pachycephalus, Bufo musicus, Bufo terrestris, Chilophryne lentiginosa, Incilius lentiginosus, Rana lentiginosa, Rana musica, Rana terrestris, Telmatobius lentiginosus
Other names and names in other languages (10)
- ropucha hrabaváCzech
- FloridakröteGerman
- Sapo MeridionalSpanish
- Crapaud criardFrench
- Rospo meridionaleItalian
- ナンブヒキガエルJapanese
- Zuidelijke padDutch
- Sapo-do-sulPortuguese
- Шишкоголовая жабаRussian
- Rospo americano meridionaleItalian
Relatives of the southern toad
Other species in the same genus Anaxyrus.
American toad
Anaxyrus americanus
Boreal toad
Anaxyrus boreas
Wyoming toad
Anaxyrus baxteri
Yosemite toad
Anaxyrus canorus
Amargosa toad
Anaxyrus nelsoni
Say's toad
Anaxyrus cognatus
CompareSouthern toad vs American toadSouthern toad vs Boreal toadSouthern toad vs Wyoming toadSouthern toad vs Yosemite toad
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the southern toad?
An adult southern toad weighs 33.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the southern toad?
The southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) belongs to the family Bufonidae in the order Anura.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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