The Blog of Frogs and Toads That Live In Virginia

 

A Female Leopard Frog

    There are many kinds of amphibians, frogs, toads, and salamanders, that live in Virginia.  Some of them may be hard to tell apart, others may be very unique.  The frogs that live in Virginia are: Southern Cricket Frog, Eastern Cricket Frog, Grey Treefrog, Cope's Grey Treefrog, Barking Treefrog, Squirrel Treefrog, Green Treefrog, Pine Woods Treefrog, Mid-Atlantic Cost Leopard Frog, American Bullfrog, Green Frog, Wood Frog, Pickerel Frog, Mountain Chorus Frog, Coastal Plains Leopard Frog, Carpenter Frog, Spring Peeper, Brimley's Chorus Frog, Little Grass Frog, New Jersey Chorus Frog, and the Upland Chorus Frog.  Here are the toads that live in Virginia:  Eastern Spadefoot, Fowler's Toad (which looks very identical to Eastern American Toad.  See below on how to tell the difference*), Oak Toad, Eastern Narrow Mothed Toad, Southern Toad, and the Eastern American Toad.

*If you touch any of these toads, you will not get warts!

     Here is how you tell if what your looking at is a frog and a toad:  

1. You look at its' body if its' warty and its' skin looks rough then it's a toad 
2. If you think that it's kind-of warty but it's not at the same time then feel it.  If it's smooth then it's a frog. BUT FROGS AND TOADS DRINK THROUGH THEIR SKIN, SO MAKE SURE YOUR HANDS ARE VERY  CLEAN, OR WHERE DISPOSABLE GLOVES (I RECOMMEND GLOVES).
3. This is my opinion, but if it looks grumpy, then it is a toad (see below)

    

Male Eastern American Toad

Female Coastal Plains Leopard Frog

*This is how you tell the difference between a Fowler's toad and an American toad

1. The Eastern American Toad has dark spots on it's chest 
2. The Eastern American Toad has one or two big warts in each of it's biggest dorsal dark spots while the Fowler's Toad has three or more in it's biggest dorsal dark spots
3. On it's calf, the Eastern American Toad has big warts 
4. Fowler's Toads can be brown, gray, or olive
5. Eastern American Toads can be brown, gray, olive, or brick red 

A Rather Large Eastern American Toad

(Good Eatin')

                         

    

Below is how you tell if a frog is a male or female:

Frogs have a circular disc that covers their ears called tympanum.  On a female, the tympanum is the same size as their eye.  It is bigger on a male's.

Male American Bullfrog 

Here are the links of the places I got some information from: https://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/amphibians/frogsandtoads/frogs_and_toads_of_virginia.htm and https://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/education/edu-graphics/toads/american_vs_fowler_toad.pdf,