page_title: List of amphibians of North America
section_title: Order: Anura
hierarchical_section_title: List of amphibians of North America / Order: Anura
caption_attribution_description: American Toad, Bufo americanus, detail shows "warts", parotoid glands not quite touching cranials--useful for distinguishing other species of Bufo. (Reference: Conant et al. (1998). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0395904528.) Location: Durham County, North Carolina, United States.
context_page_description: This is a checklist of American amphibians found north of Mexico, based mainly on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also for example in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site.
  * alien species
  Conservation status – IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:
  EX – extinct, EW – extinct in the wild
  CR – critically endangered, EN – endangered, VU – vulnerable
  NT – near threatened, LC – least concern
  DD – data deficient, NE – not evaluated
  and Endangered Species Act:
  E – endangered, T – threatened
  XN, XE – experimental nonessential or essential population
  E, T – endangered or threatened due to similarity of appearance
caption: American toad
  Anaxyrus americanus 
  - detail of parotoid glands
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