Oak Toad (click on small image to view larger)

Photos by Steve A. Johnson (UF). To obtain permission to use these photos for educational purposes, email tadpole@ufl.edu. 

 

Size:

Usually 0.75 to 1.5 in.

Identification:

Body is tan to reddish brown, dark brown, or gray; back is marked with dark spots and usually with an obvious, light center line. Skin is warty; small, oval parotoid glands are present on the shoulders but are inconspicuous. The undersides of the feet are often bright orange.

Breeding:

April to October; eggs are laid in long strings wrapped around vegetation. Call is a high pitched bird-like chirp. To hear frog calls, visit the USGS Frog Call Lookup and select the species you want to hear from the common name drop-down list.

Diet:

Ants, beetles, centipedes, spiders, and other invertebrates.

Habitats:

Found throughout Florida, with the exception of the lower Keys, usually burrowed in the soil or under cover objects in areas with sandy soils, including sandhills, pine-oak forests, pine flatwoods, and scrubs. Breeds in shallow, temporary wetlands, including cypress domes and marshes, and in ditches.

Map by Monica E. McGarrity - may be used freely for education.

 

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