This handsome fellow is a male Bufo americanus from the Catskills. Not knowing at first that males were smaller than females, we named this one Nina, but that didn't stop him from hopping onto a female one day and hanging on for 48 hours. (This mating behavior is called amplexus.)
Mr. Toad and Nina, are, of course, the stars of that Christmas Classic The Ribbiting Santas.
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