Can anyone identify this toad?

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Found in the Florida everglades, but not in any of my books...... I would say bufo marinus, but he was too colorful.... any ideas?
 

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Based on the size and shape of the paratoid glands, and also the ridges that run behind the eyes and down toward the snout, this is a Southern Toad, A. terrestris
 
+1. Those knobs on the cranial crests are unmistakeable.
 
Wow.. He is so large and colorful! My books say these guys are like 2 inches long, and he was more like four... He had such beautiful coloring too!
 
Your book is wrong, then. They run about the same size range as American toads- up to 4.5" or so. Color on them (and on a lot of toads) is incredibly variable.
 
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