Our new friend Duttaphrynus dhara was first described as a new species this year and is named after the traditional Khasi female attire “Dhara”! (photo by Holiness Warjri, Madhurima Das, A.A. Thasun Amarasinghe, and Jayaditya Purkayastha)

Our friend the Western Narrow-mouthed Toad is also known as the Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad! They live throughout much of the south-central United States! They are known to form beneficial relationships with tarantulas, sharing their burrow and eating annoying ants! (photo by Reid Hardin)

Our friend the Spotted Asian Tree Toad lives in western Sabah in Malaysia! They are the only species in genus Sabahphrynus! They are also known as the Sabah Earless Toad because they do not have eardrums or middle ear structures! (photo by Jeremy Loh)

Our friend Vestergaard's Forest Toad lives in the West Usambara Mountains in northeastern Tanzania! They grow to less than an inch long and are viviparous, meaning they produce live baby toadlets instead of producing eggs! (photo by Lorenzo Vinciguerra)

Our friend the Omei Horned Toad lives in western China, especially in areas around Mount Emei from which they get their name! They grow to nearly three inches long and have long, skinny tadpoles that grow to nearly two inches long! (photo by chilianxianren)

Our friend the Black Toad is also known as the Inyo toad or Deep Springs Toad because they are only found in the Deep Springs Valley of Inyo County, California! Their scientific name, Anaxyrus exsul, insinuates that they are exiled toads due to their isolated location! (photo by Alex Castelein)

Our friend Pageot's Mountain Toad is a rare toad who lives in China, Myanmar, and Vietnam! They are also known as the Tonkin Toad, or 缅甸溪蟾 which translates as the Burmese Stream Toad! (photo by Paul S. Hamilton, Triplefin Expeditions)

Our friend the Taita Toad is a small toad who lives in many countries throughout central Africa! They develop very quickly, with their eggs hatching within 2-3 days and their tadpoles developing into tiny toadlets in as little as 13 days! (photo by Alex Rebelo)

Our friend the Sonoran Desert Toad is the largest native toad in the United States, growing to 7½ inches long! The secretions from their parotoid glands contain psychoactive chemicals which can cause visual and auditory hallucinations, and in some cases can cause death! (photo by Matt Felperin)

Our friend the Balkan Spadefoot is a species of spadefoot toad who lives throughout the Balkan Peninsula! Like other spadefoot toads, they have hard horny patches on their rear feet used for digging burrows! They excrete a chemical that smells like garlic to deter predators! (photo by Michael Wilms)

Our friend Roque's Toad lives in eastern Ecuador, northwestern Peru, and southeastern Colombia! They are best known for their very spiky features and the large crests that are formed between their eyes and parotoid glands! (photo by David Torres)

Our friend the Moonlight Mountain Toadlet lives in the Western Cape of South Africa! They are a small toad, growing to just under an inch long, but females are known to lay up to a hundred eggs at one time! (photo by Oliver Angus)

Our friend Jeet Sukumaran's Torrent-dwelling Toad is also known as Sukumaran's Slender Toad! They live in Peninsular Malaysia and are one of the smallest toads in genus Ansonia, growing to just under an inch long! (photo by thirty_legs)

Our friend Achaval's Toad lives near small streams in the hills of Cuchilla de Haedo in northern Uraguay and the adjacent Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil! They are named after Federico Achaval, a herpetologist at the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural in Uruguay! (photo by Rafa Weber Deprá)

Our friend the Lake Turkana Toad lives in Kenya and is only known from two locations, the southeastern shores of Lake Turkana and the Ewaso Ng'iro River in the Samburu National Reserve! (photo by Roberto Sindaco)

Our friend the Copper Shouldered Toad, Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis, is a redbelly toad who lives in Argentina! Here they are performing the unken reflex, arching their back to display their colorful feet and belly to warn predators that they are not good to eat! (photo by oscar galli merino)

Our friend Hasselt's Toad is also known as the Java Spadefoot Toad! They live on several Indonesian islands including Java! Their head is very large, and wider than the rest of their body, giving them a rather unique appearance! (photo by Justin Philbois)

Our friend the Perrin's Green Toad was first described as a new species in 2019! They live in an area stretching from southeastern Kazakhstan to northern Iran, but not in the Karakum Desert! (photo by Paulo E. Cardoso)

Our friend the Iberian Spadefoot lives on the Iberian Peninsula including Portugal, Spain, and southern France! When startled they will puff up their body and mew like a kitten! (photos by Borja Fierro)

Our friend the Roraima Bush Toad lives on the summit of Mount Roraima at the border of Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil! They are a small toad, less than an inch long, and often have brightly colored bellies! (photo by Hugo Dolsan)

Our friend the Power's Toad is also known as the Western Olive Toad, the Common Lowveld Toad, and the Kimberley Toad! They are a common toad and live in a large area of lower-rainfall areas of the Savanna Biome in southern Africa! (photo by Kurt van Wyk)

Our friend the Yunnan Firebelly Toad is also known as the Large-webbed Bell Toad! They live high in the mountains of Yunnan, China! They have a bright orange belly that they will show off when threatened, warning predators that they are not good to eat! (photo by jincan)

Our friend the Rose's Mountain Toad is a small toad who lives in the fynbos of the Western Cape province of South Africa! They only grow to just over an inch long! They are missing middle-ear elements, which means they can't hear, and also have no advertisement call! (photo by Luke Goddard)

Our friend the Phuket Stream Toad is only known to live in a small area surrounding the Kathu waterfall on Phuket Island in Thailand! (photo by Nick Volpe)

Our friend the Western Nimba Toad is ovoviviparous, meaning their embryos develop inside eggs that stay within the mother's body until they hatch, then they are born as tiny baby toads! They live in the Mount Nimba region of Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, and Liberia! (photo by Thomas Doherty-Bone)

Our friend the Palawan Toadlet is a small toad who lives in Palawan in the Philippines! They were once considered extinct but were rediscovered during a survey to create a nature reserve! (photo by Albert Kang)

Our friend the Izecksohn's Flea Toad is one of the smallest toads in the world, with adults averaging a just over a third of an inch long! They live in southern Brazil! (photos by Diogo Luiz)

Our friend the California Toad is a subspecies of the Western Toad who lives throughout California and northern Baja California! They are nocturnal at lower elevations and diurnal at higher elevations! They will also bury themselves to hibernate during cold weather! (photo by Jacob socal_angling)

Our friend Lemaire's Toad is a very froggy looking toad who lives in a large area of south-central Africa! During mating season, the males change color to a bright yellow, while females take on reddish coloration, especially around their parotoid glands! (photo by William van Niekerk)

Our friend the Sharp-nosed Forest Toad lives in a large area in northern South American including Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela! They are named for their very sharp nose, but older toads sometimes also have amazing crests on their heads and parotoid glands! (photo by Sebastian Doak)

Our friend the Lugh Toad is a small toad who lives in the dry savannahs of Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan! (photo by James Christian)

Our friend the Chachapoyas Stubfoot Toad is also known as the Peruvian Harlequin Frog! They live in a small area in the Andes mountains of northern Peru! They are extremely rare and have only been spotted a few times since they were first discovered in 1989! (photo by andes2amazonexpeditions)

Our friend the Dhofar Toad lives in coastal areas of the Arabian Peninsula and on several islands in the Red Sea! They are very variable in color, ranging from green to brown and sometimes having dark patterns on their back! (photo by mfranzen)

Our friend the Silent Valley Torrent Toad is a small toad also known as the Red Stream Toad and the Kerala Stream Toad! They are a species of toad in the small genus Blaira, Stream Toads unique to the Western Ghats of India! (photo by Hemant Kumar 360pixual)

Our friend the Beaked Toad, lives in Brazil and has had a number of different scientific names before becoming a member of genus Dendrophryniscus, the Brazilian Tree Toads! They are somewhat small, less than two inches long, but large for their genus! (photo by Mauro Teixeira Jr)

Our friend the Cururu Toad lives in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and is often confused with their relative the Cane Toad! They can grow to nearly ten inches long and are often wider than they are long! (photo by Rafael Duarte)

Our friend the McCoy's Toad lives in the pine woodlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua, Mexico! They are quite reddish when young but fade to a dull brown as they age! They were first described as a new species in 2011! (photo by Eduardo Quintero)

Our friend the Cuchumatan Golden Toad lives in a small area on the border between Guatemala and Mexico! They often have small golden colored spots on their back, but our favorite feature is their tiny little golden toes! (photo by José Rodriguez)

Our friend the Serra Cantareira Flea Toad is only known from five locations in the Atlantic rainforest of southeastern Brazil! Unlike some of their more brightly colored relatives, no toxins have been found in any Brachycephalus nodoterga toads that have been collected! (photo by Lucas Botelho)

Our friend the Three-colored Harlequin Toad is the only known harlequin toad to live in Bolivia! They went missing for many years but were rediscovered in 2020! Even better, juvenile toads have been spotted, showing that this species is surviving in the wild! (photo by Dr. Jörn Köhler)

Our friend the Precious Stream Toad has the scientific name Ansonia smeagol, named after the character Gollum from the Lord of the Rings! They are a small, slender toad who lives near streams in the Titiwangsa Mountain Range of Malaysia! (photo by Alexius L.Z.L)

Our friend the Sonoran Green Toad is a small, colorful toad who lives in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico! They spend most of their life underground and are mostly found during breeding season! (photo by Robert Dobbs)

Our friend the Rocky Mountain Toad lives in many areas of the Western United States and northern Mexico! They are a very common subspecies of the Woodhouse's Toad and are sometimes called the Western Woodhouse's Toad! (photo by John Sullivan)

Our friend the Cyprian Green Toad lives on the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean and is the only species of toad found there! They are a common sight around any body of water on the island! (photo by Philippe Geniez)

Our friend the Flat-headed Toad is also known as the Big-eared Toad and the Big-eyed Dwarf Toad! They live in many countries throughout Southeast Asia! Their eyes, eardrums, and parotoid glands are all usually nearly the same size! (photo by blackdogto)

Our friend the Southern Round-gland Toad is also known as the Dry Forest Toad, or even better in Spanish as the Sapo Chiquito de Bosque Seco! They live in extreme southern Mexico and through Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua! (photo by Josue Ramos Galdamez)

Our friend the Ornate Forest Toad lives in southeastern Brazil and maybe as far inland as Argentina and Paraguay! They are highly polymorphic and have many different colors and patterns ranging from browns with symmetrical patterns to bright yellow without patterns! (photo by Lucas Mantelo Cruz)

Our friend the Noellert's Toad lives in the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka! They are an uncommon toad found in isolated areas that is sometimes also found along the forest edge near rubber plantations and tea estates! (photo by Edward Wong)

Our friend the Campbell's Rainforest Toad lives in eastern Chiapas in Mexico, Guatemala, western Honduras, and the Maya Mountains of Belize! They look similar to the quite common Gulf Coast Toad, but unlike that toad they tend to keep to themselves! (photo by Jason Headley)

Our friend the Córdoba Toad lives in the high-altitude plateau of central Argentina's Córdoba and San Luis provinces! They prefer rocky areas where they hide under rocks during the day and come out at night to feed! (photo by Franco Montaño)