toad
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Scientists identified the first known record of the Mexican burrowing toad, Rhinophrynus, in the southwestern United States.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
In Nevada, opponents launched a lawsuit over a gold mine they say will threaten a rare toad and fish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
To identify the spadefoot toad, Cruz said he examined the bones of amphibians found at the Tar Pits, a collection that hadn’t been analyzed in nearly 30 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
A three-year-project to help boost sand dune-living rare beetle and toad numbers is to start later this year.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Something had to be done about that rude horned toad.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
Animals expected to benefit include native British species such as brown hares, hedgehogs, great crested newts, common toads and the Small Heath butterfly, a spokesperson for the company said.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Leaving a trail of destruction in their wake are introduced pests: fire ants, cane toads, rabbits, foxes, feral cats.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The miracle behind Cruz’s discovery is that amphibians such as frogs, toads and salamanders rarely make it into the fossil records because of their fragile skeletons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
In hard-hit areas like Le Porge, experts say insects will have perished en masse and larger creatures from toads to lizards will not have been spared either.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
All toads might not be as mean as Edgar Allan Toad, but they were all just as finicky.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
