The humble toad :)

[edie]

Hey Edie,
Thanks for looking. I have had trouble finding amphibian sites for maine as well. I can find sites identifying the calls, but he didn't speak when I was holding him. I googled Bufo Americanus, and that may be him. The image search showed a few similar to him with the belly but none that pale green color. Maybe he is a juvenile or maybe the color is variable. I sent the photo to a frog and toad guy at a university-- one of the toad pix linked to their site of pictures of toads, etc. So maybe he will tell me what it is. We shall see.

Yeah, it was hard for me to find a toad with that same color, but I know that the spadefoot toads we have here differ in color as well, here are 2 that I found in my yard one night:



Let us know what what the guy says!