Intrepid California toad has infiltrated the house during a rainstorm. They’re mottled brown and warty with a light stripe down the back.

Intrepid mottled California toad sits inside a patio screen door, its front feet up on the screen, peering out at the rain and blowing raspberries at the soaked coyotes in the dark beyond.

Chonky night visitor hanging out waiting for the rain to stop #Californiatoad

A pair of California toads clutched in amplexus, with the smaller male clutching the back of the female to fertilize eggs as she releases them.

#Twosday AND Toads? Yes, PLZ.

#herps #toads #spawnwatch #californiatoad #toad #amplexus #anaxyrusboreashalophilus #youllalwaysbebufotome

We start #ToadallyTuesday at dusk. Because this kind of rejection is easier to take under cover of darkness. *cues up Ray Charles ~ “you know the nighttime…. Is the right time…” California Toad doing his best to humor the dumb human. #herps #toads #westerntoad #californiatoad #fieldwork #toadsong

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekGforGreen

A #CaliforniaToad hiding in a container of replacement flowers for the birds and butterflies after homeowners insurance 'made' us chop down a giant butterfly bush growing too close to the house.