The major regional colour difference we have noted is that individuals in the Annapolis Valley may have less spotting on the abdomen than usual. Rarely, an animal completely lacks abdominal spots. During the spring breeding season, the throat on males is very dark, almost black.
Females are bigger than males.
The body length of 205 adult males ranged from 4.9 cm to 7.6 cm. Body length of 55 females ranged from 5.7 to 10.5 cm. In the United States, south to Mississippi and west to northeastern Kansas. In Nova Scotia, toads are common throughout the province. Toads have very flexible habitat requirements and can be expected to occur in all forest types, agricultural areas, suburbs and disturbed habitats such as gravel pits and clear-cuts.