Southern Toad
Anaxyrus terrestris (Bonnaterre, 1789)

Taxonomy

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class

Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from three counties across two states.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Florida, Georgia

Counties

Florida

Alachua, Jackson

Georgia

Burke

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

Assessed in 2021.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

National ranks

United States

N5 Secure

Subnational ranks

Mississippi

S5 Secure

Georgia

S5 Secure

North Carolina

S5 Secure

Florida

S4 Apparently Secure

South Carolina

S5 Secure

Virginia

S4 Apparently Secure

Alabama

S5 Secure

Louisiana

S3 Vulnerable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

• Franz, R., Bauer, J. & Morris, T. 1994. Review of biologically significant caves and their faunas in Florida and south Georgia. Brimleyana 20: 1–109. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/229726.
• Mays, J. 2018. Inventory of Florida's cave fauna with a focus on terrestrial invertebrate species. Progress Report for Florida Park Service. Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. 9 pp.
• Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125

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