Can anyone identify this toad?

[nursemelody]

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

 

[tmarmoratus]

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

 

[Nathan]

+1. Those knobs on the cranial crests are unmistakeable.

 

[nursemelody]

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!

 

[Nathan]

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.

 

[xdartfrogx]

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

I agree.