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The adult Fowler's toad eats insects and other small terrestrial invertebrates, but avoids earthworms, unlike its close relative, the American toad (Anaxyrus americanus). This toad also has been shown to eat velvet ants, which is a wasp that gives a very painful sting to humans, but does nothing to the toad. [12]
The Fowler’s Toad is a species of small toads found in parts of the United States and Canada. First described in 1882, this amphibian is presently found in almost all human-resided localities.
Fowler's toads are small and brown, gray or olive in color. They are nocturnal and range throughout the temperate parts of the eastern U.S. and parts of southeastern Canada.
The western edge of the range of unequivocal A. Fowler’s Toads runs from southeast Louisiana (Dundee and Rossman, 1989) through most of Arkansas almost to the Oklahoma border, and north across central Missouri to southeast Iowa, avoiding Kansas (Conant and Collins, 1998; Smith and Johnson, 1999).
Fowler's toads are the most common toads in many parts of the Piedmont. They also are found over much of the Coastal Plain and Mountains. They are primarily nocturnal but may also be active during the day.
The Fowler’s Toad is present across most of the Eastern United States with the exception of the coastal areas of the South East along with Maine and inland New York. It becomes rarer around the Great Lakes because of habitat loss.
The Fowler’s toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) is a medium-sized, earthen-coloured toad that is native to Eastern North America. In Canada, Fowler’s toads are only found in a few small areas along the north shore of Lake Erie.
Found in Florida only in the western panhandle, burrowed in the soil or under cover objects in any terrestrial habitat with dry, sandy soil. Breeds in a variety of freshwater wetland types, but especially in more permanent water bodies such as ponds (natural or manmade), lakes, and edges of rivers or canals.
Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. The species is native to North America, where it occurs in much of the eastern United States and parts of adjacent Canada. It was previously considered a subspecies of Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii, formerly Bufo woodhousii). Animal name origin
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