The western toad is native to a broad range of western North America, from Baja California north through the western United States into British Columbia and southeastern Alaska. It has warty, olive to gray-brown skin with a pale stripe down the back and, unlike most toads, males lack a vocal sac and produce only a soft chirping sound rather than a loud advertisement trill. It occupies an unusually wide range of elevations, from coastal lowland wetlands and forests up to alpine meadows and ponds well above the treeline. Populations in parts of the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest have declined sharply since the late twentieth century, a decline linked in part to chytrid fungus infection, and the species is now considered a conservation concern across significant portions of its range even though it remains common elsewhere.
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In Biome
Lake, Biomes Source Wikipedia: Western Toad
Source Wikipedia: Western Toad
Source Wikipedia: Western Toad
In Ecosystem
Source Wikidata: Mountain Goat
Additional Source Yellowstone National Park (Wikipedia)Article text
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Western Toad
WikipediaFood habits
Their diet consists largely of bees, beetles, ants, and arachnids.
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In Biome: Riparian Zone, Habitat
The boreal toad is found in the Rocky Mountains in aspen (Populus spp.) groves and riparian forests.
In Biome: Temperate Forest, Habitat
In California, optimal habitat for the western toad includes wet or dry mountain meadows or riparian deciduous forest with available open water for breeding.
In Biome: Alpine, Habitat
Suitable habitat includes blue oak (Quercus douglasii) savanna, gray pine-oak forest (Pinus sabiniana-Quercus spp.), mixed conifer forest, and alpine meadows.
In Biome: Lake, Preferred habitat
They are usually found in or near ponds, lakes (including saline lakes), reservoirs, rivers, and streams within the above-mentioned habitats.
In Biome: River, Preferred habitat
They are usually found in or near ponds, lakes (including saline lakes), reservoirs, rivers, and streams within the above-mentioned habitats.
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Western Toad (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2191167 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Anaxyrus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q2279985 (Anaxyrus)
View the Source 4. NatureServe Explorer: Anaxyrus boreas
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G4"
5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Amphibia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 31Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 31
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Amphibia","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Anfibios","language":"ES"},{"name":"Amphibiens","language":"FR"},{"name":"Amphibians","language":"EN"},{"name":"两栖纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Bufonidae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 289Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 289
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Amphibia","order":"Anura","family":"Bufonidae"},"synonyms":[{"id":39109,"full_name":"Bufo boreas exsul","author_year":"Baird & Girard, 1852","rank":"SUBSPECIES"},{"id":36631,"full_name":"Bufo kavirensis","author_year":"Andrén & Nilson, 1979","rank":"SPECIES"},{"id":32631,"full_name":"Bufo shaartusiensis","author_year":"Pisanets, Mezhzherin & Shcherbak, 1996","rank":"SPECIES"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Sapos","language":"ES"},{"name":"Crapauds Vivipares, Grenouille De Zetek, Crapauds, Nectophrynoïdes","language":"FR"},{"name":"Toads","language":"EN"},{"name":"蟾蜍科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
Yellowstone National Park (Wikipedia)
In Ecosystem: Yellowstone, Article textQuote, In Ecosystem: Yellowstone, Article text
Four species of amphibians are present: the boreal chorus frog, tiger salamander, western toad and Columbia spotted frog.
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