Английская Википедия:Anaxyrus debilis

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The North American green toad (Anaxyrus debilis, formerly Bufo debilis) is a species of toad found in the southwestern United States in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, as well as in northern Mexico in the states of Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Durango, and Zacatecas. It is commonly called green toad (with many variants).

Description

Green toads are typically bright to pale green in color, with black spotting. They are not large toads; adult males are about Шаблон:Convert in snout–vent length and females Шаблон:Convert.

Habitat and reproduction

Green toads are relatively widespread and at least locally common. They are secretive, however, only readily found during and immediately after periods of rainfall; their habitat is semi-arid and often very dry. Breeding occurs from late March to August, stimulated by summer rains. Males move from drier, terrestrial habitat to aquatic breeding sites where they form choruses. Females are attracted by chorusing males. Breeding aggregations do not usually last long, only a few days.

Subspecies

Two subspecies, originally described as separate species, can be identified, but this distinction is disputed:

• Eastern green toad, Anaxyrus debilis debilis
• Western green toad, Anaxyrus debilis insidior

See also

• European green toad (Bufo viridis), a species that is only distantly related, but shares the same common name.