A sketchpage of 5 American Toads drawn in a rough rich brown pencil line with loose pencil limited color palette for fill. The name Anayxrus americanus is in the top left corner. Centered in the top is an adult toad looking right in a 3/4 view sitting fairly flat to the ground. It is an orange based coloration. The 5 colors are along the right edge in dots. The row down is two more toads. The one on the left is sitting upright looking left; it is yellow orange with olive green shading. The toad on the right is walking to the left in a 3/4 view, it is a green based coloration. The last row is an adult toad on the left sitting flat to the ground in profile looking right, it is orange coloration. The final toad is on the right it is a juvenile in profile moving left, it is greenish with visible black and white striping in its legs.
I hope this year I can find some salamanders, safely without overly disturbing their homes; if you flip a log to look, you should put it back! Toad visitors have been a little more frequent, here is a mashup of visitors I have seen in the past few years.
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