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The Texas toad feeds on insects such as beetles, ants and bugs. It digs a burrow in soft soil and can bury itself in mud. It sometimes conceals itself in a gopher burrow, under a log or in a deep crack in the mud to prevent desiccation, spending much of its time dormant in prolonged dry weather.
Nuttallanthus texanus, the Texas toadflax, is an annual to biennial plant in the family Plantaginaceae found across much of the western United States. [ 2 ] : 128 It can often be seen in patches along roadsides.
Red-spotted toad: Found in central and western Texas [20] LC [21] Anaxyrus speciosus: Texas toad: Common throughout western two-thirds of Texas, population declining in the Rio Grande Valley [22] LC [23] Anaxyrus woodhousii: Woodhouse's toad: Found in central, west and north Texas [24] LC [25] Incilius nebulifer: Coastal plains toad
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Gastrophryne carolinensis, the eastern narrow-mouthed toad, is a species of microhylid frog. [2] It is a relatively small, toad-like amphibian found in damp, shady habitats . The species is highly fossorial , and feeds primarily on ants.
Woodhouse's toad is found in North America at altitudes of up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). Its range extends from Mexico in the south to Washington in the north. In the United States it is found in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
The Colorado River toad is sympatric with the spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus spp.), Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus), red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus), and Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousei). Like many other toads, they are active foragers and feed on invertebrates, lizards, small mammals, and amphibians.
The Houston toad (Anaxyrus houstonensis), [4] formerly Bufo houstonensis, is an endangered species of amphibian that is endemic to Texas in the United States. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This toad was discovered in the late 1940s and named in 1953.