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Anaxyrus Tschudi, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 773227

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Dromoplectrus Camerano, 1879
	Common Name(s):	North American Toads [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Amphibia – amphibiens, anfíbio, Amphibians
	Order	Anura – Frogs, perereca, ră, sapo, crapauds, grenouilles, Toads
	Family	Bufonidae Gray, 1825 – Bufonids, bufonidés, crapauds, Toads
	Genus	Anaxyrus Tschudi, 1845 – North American Toads
		Direct Children:
	Species	Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) – American Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus baxteri (Porter, 1968) – Wyoming Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus boreas (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Western Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus californicus (Camp, 1915) – Arroyo Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus canorus (Camp, 1916) – Yosemite Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus cognatus (Say in James, 1823) – Great Plains Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus compactilis (Wiegmann, 1833)
	Species	Anaxyrus debilis (Girard, 1854) – Green Toad, Chihuahuan Green Toad, Eastern Green Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus exsul (Myers, 1942) – Black Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882) – Fowler's Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus hemiophrys (Cope, 1886) – Canadian Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus houstonensis (Sanders, 1953) – Houston Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus kelloggi (Taylor, 1938)
	Species	Anaxyrus mexicanus (Brocchi, 1879)
	Species	Anaxyrus microscaphus (Cope, 1867) – Arizona Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus monfontanus (Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier and Tracy, 2020)
	Species	Anaxyrus nelsoni (Stejneger, 1893) – Amargosa Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus nevadensis (Gordon, Simandle, Sandmeier and Tracy, 2020)
	Species	Anaxyrus punctatus (Baird and Girard, 1852) – Red-spotted Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus quercicus (Holbrook, 1840) – Oak Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus retiformis (Sanders and Smith, 1951) – Sonoran Green Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus speciosus (Girard, 1854) – Texas Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus terrestris (Bonnaterre, 1789) – Southern Toad
	Species	Anaxyrus williamsi (Gordon, Simandle and Tracy, 2017)
	Species	Anaxyrus woodhousii (Girard, 1854) – Woodhouse's Toad

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World 6.2 2025-09-15, database (version 6.2)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2025. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.2 (15 September, 2025). lectronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Anaxyrus

	Source:	Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v6, database (version 6.0)
	Acquired:	2019
	Notes:	Frost, Darrel R. 2019. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6 (12 September, 2019). Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.html American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
	Reference for:	Anaxyrus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2008
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, With Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Sixth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular No. 37
	Page(s):	1-84
	Publisher:	Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
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	ISBN/ISSN:	0-916984-74-5
	Notes:	Available free as a PDF at http://ssarherps.org/pages/HerpCommNames.php
	Reference for:	Anaxyrus, North American Toads [English]

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Crother, Brian I., Ronald M. Bonett, Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, et al. / Moriarty, John J., ed.
	Publication Date:	2017
	Article/Chapter Title:	Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Ed.
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Herpetological Circular, no. 43
	Page(s):	102
	Publisher:
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	ISBN/ISSN:	978-1-946681-003
	Notes:	Available free as PDF, and as updated database, at https://ssarherps.org/publications/north-american-checklist/
	Reference for:	North American Toads[English]

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