Southwestern Amphibians
Amphibians in the Desert Biome
Desert Animals: Mammals | Birds | Fish | Reptiles | Amphibians | Insects, Spiders, Invertebrates
Tree Frog - These frogs occur throughout the Southwest, in southern Utah, northern and eastern Arizona, western New Mexico, northern Oaxaca, and parts of Texas and Colorado. Read more...
Bullfrog - The name bullfrog is derived from the "bull-like bellowing" sound that chorusing male bullfrogs emit. Read more...
Red-spotted Toad - Red-spotted Toads occur from central Texas westward to southeast California and into Mexico and Baja California. Read more...
Woodhouse's Toad - A nasally w-a-a-a-a-a-h reminiscent of a bawling calf explodes across the desert night. The horsetails ruffle. Seconds later a piercing cry screams to the stars. The grass moves and a Woodhouse's toad jumps toward the slow moving water.
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Desert Animal Survival: How animals adapt to the desert.
Classification: How desert plants and animals are classified.
Desert Animals: Mammals | Birds | Fish | Reptiles | Amphibians | Insects, Spiders, Invertebrates
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