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Red-spotted Toad

Bufo punctatus

Photo © left by Michael Plagens

Photo taken along Agua Fria River just south of Lake Pleasant, Maricopa Co., Arizona.

These toads are commonly encountered along rocky, temporary streams in the Sonoran Desert where the immature tadpoles develop in pools left by summer monsoon rains.

Bufonidae -- True Toad Family

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