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)

Our friend the Udzungwa Glandular Tree Toad was first described as a new species just a few months ago! Like other toads in genus Nectophrynoides, they do not lay eggs and instead give birth to fully developed toadlets! (photo by John Lyakurwa)

Our friend the Eastern Persian Toad is also known as the Central Asian Toad and the Oblong Toad! They are a tetraploid species, with four chromosomes, believed to have originated from crossbreeding between the Ladakh Toad and the Turan Toad! (photo by Faezeh Fatemizadeh)

Our friend the Huila Stubfoot Toad lives in Columbia but has seen a huge decline in the wild. They were once believed to be extinct, but in 2006 a population was found in a remote area! (photo by Mark B. Robbins)

Our friend Darwin's Blackish Toad lives in the Tandilia Mountain System of Argentina! They have a call that sounds like "tick tick tick tick trrrrrrrrrr" that you can hear here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW_1... (photo by Blas Miguens)

Our friend the Cape Sand Toad is also known as the Narrow-headed Toad and lives in a large area around Cape Town, South Africa! Males of this species are known to have unusually large testes! (photo by Jody Barends)

Our friend Sclerophrys Regularis is a widespread toad with many common names, but our favorite is the African Bouncing Toad! When threatened, they often bounce around to scare or confuse predators! (photo by abotto)

Our friend the Everett's Asian Tree Toad is also known as the Marbled Tree Toad, due to their striking coloring! They live in Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia on the island of Borneo! They spend a lot of time in trees and grow to nearly four inches long! (photo by Marius Burger)

Our friend the Beddome's Toad is a small toad known to live in a few small areas in the southern Western Ghats of India! They are also known as the Agastyamalai True Toad! (photo by P. S. Sivaprasad)

Our friend the Kinabalu Slender Toad is named after Mount Kinbalu in western Sabah in Malaysia, the largest mountain on the island of Borneo! (photo by James Hunt)

Our friend the Variable Toad can be found in a large area stretching between Israel and central Russia! They live in a wide variety of habitats, and sometimes even benefit from human encroachment which pushes other amphibians away! (photo by Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska)

Our friend the Apennine Yellow-bellied Toad lives in southern Italy! They only lay a few eggs at a time but are believed to breed several times a year! They also have heart-shaped pupils! A great toad for Valentine's Day! (photo by Giacomo Gola)

Our friend the Sulawesian Toad is a welcome sight on the cacao plantations of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi because they love to eat invasive yellow crazy ants! (photo by Muhammad Idris)

Our friend the Great Plains Toad is a very common toad who lives in a large area from the Canadian Prairies through the Great Plains of the United States and into northern Mexico! They are a large toad, growing to 4.5 inches long! (photo by Jeremiah Degenhardt)

Our friend the Hispaniolan Armored Toad was first described in 2018 and is only known from a single location in the Dominican Republic! Their skin is very rough and bumpy, and they have prominent armored ridges on their head, giving them their name! (photo by Judá Isaí Martínez Uribe)

In 2025 the Puerto Rican music artist Bad Bunny released an album named DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS! Videos for this album featured a character named Sapo Concho, named after the real life Sapo Concho, the endangered Puerto Rican Crested Toad! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Our friend the North American Green Toad lives in a large area between northern Mexico and the south-central United States! They are also known as the Chihuahuan Green Toad! They have two recognized subspecies, the Eastern Green Toad and the Western Green Toad! (photo by Jorden Perrett)

Our friend Lau's Leaf Litter Toad lives in Hong Kong and is known to perform sex-reversed inguinal amplexus, where the female mounts the male from behind and holds his waist while laying her eggs! (photo by C.H.Leung)

Our friend the Dixie Valley Toad lives in a small area of wetlands in the Dixie Valley in northern Nevada! They were first described as a new species in 2017 and immediately placed on the endangered species list to protect their home, which is under threat due to development! (photo by Yinan Li)

Our friend the Betic Midwife Toad lives in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of southern Spain! Like other midwife toads, males collect fertilized eggs and wrap them around their hind legs to keep them safe until they are ready to hatch! (photo by Víctor González García)

Our friend the São Bento Toad is a common toad who lives in the Atlantic rainforests of the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil! (photo by Mathias Hofstatter)

Our friend the Short-nosed Toad lives in the state of Karnataka in the Western Ghats of India! They are also known as the Kempholey Toad and Rao's Pale Brown Toad! (photo by Girish Gowda)

Our friend the Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad is a small toad who lives in the eastern United States from Maryland to Florida! They love to eat ants and have developed a fold of skin on their back that can extend to cover their eyes to protect from bites while feeding! (photo by Dominic)

Our friend the Southern Toad is a common toad who lives on the coastal plain of the southeast United States! They are most easily distinguished from other local toads by the knobs and backward-pointing spurs on their head! (photo by Eli McEuen)

Our friend the Hot Creek Toad lives in a narrow canyon in a remote habitat in the Hot Creek mountain range in central Nevada! They were first described as a new species in 2020! (photo by Yinan Li)

Our friend the San Lorenzo Stubfoot Toad lives in the northwestern part of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Columbia! They are abundant in the small areas in which they live but are only known from three small geographically separated locations! (photo by Elkin Meriño)

Our friend the Sambas Stream Toad is also known as the Bornean Rainbow Toad! They were once believed to be extinct but were rediscovered in 2011 in a small, remote area in western Sarawak in Malaysia! (photo by Oliver Bandz)

Our friend the Bates' Tree Toad is a small toad who spends the day on the ground looking for food but retreats to trees at night! They lay their eggs in water-filled cavities in trees! (photo by Xavier Rufray)

Our friend the Eastern Flat-backed Toad is a common toad who lives throughout many countries in central Africa! They have a loud, repetitive, quacking call that you can hear here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCD1... (photo by Marius Burger)

Our friend the Yellow Cururu Toad is a large toad who lives in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay! They grow to nearly 7.5 inches long! In this species the males are usually mostly yellow, while females usually have large black splotches! (photo by Alessandher Piva)

Our friend the Chaco Granulated Toad is a relatively common toad who lives in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay! They are named after the Gran Chaco, the vast lowland plains of central South America! (photo by Vincent A. Vos)

Our friend the Dwarf American Toad is a smaller and redder subspecies of the American Toad who lives in the middle of the United States including Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and northern Texas! (photo by Scott Gravette)

Our friend the Cuban Small-eared Toad is also known as Cope's Caribbean Toad or simply the Cuban Toad! They live in Cuba, including Isla de Juventud! They spend their time underground and are rarely seen except during breeding season! (photo by Kristin A. Bakkegard)

Our friend the Warty Toad lives in the Andes mountains of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru! They live in areas that can reach freezing temperatures at night, and studies have shown they have special body chemistry to help survive cold temperatures! (photo by Felipe Rabanal)

Our friend the Mesopotamian Beaked Toad lives in the area near the village of Mesopotamia, on the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia! (photo by Felipe Barrera Ocampo)

Our friend the Pine Toad is a common toad found throughout many different habitats in the Central Mexican Plateau! (photo by Rodolfo Maximiliano Gutiérrez-Sánchez)

Our friend the San Lorenzo Harlequin Toad is rather dull compared to many other Harlequin Toads, which tend to have bright colors! They live in several small areas in high-altitude mountain forests of Colombia! (photo by Alejandro Lopez)

Our friend the Little Mexican Toad is a little toad who lives in Mexico in the Pacific coastal plains between central Sonora and Nayarit! The larger females only grow to about 1.75 inches long! (photo by Juan Carlos Rosales)

Our friend Bustamente's Tree Toad lives in the Amazon basin of Peru! They are also known as the Amazonian Tiny Tree Toad and grow to less than an inch long! They spend a lot of their time in trees but return to ponds to breed! (photo by Claude Kolwelter)

Our friend the Antioquia Beaked Toad lives on the western slope of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia! Many other toads in genus Rhinella have long and pointy noses, but the Antioquia Beaked Toad has one of the longest! (photo by Khristian Venegas Valencia)

Our friend the Herveo Plump Toad lives in cool, moist places high in the Andean mountains of Colombia! They are a small toad, growing to just over an inch long! (photo by Carlos A. Londoño Guarnizo)

New Year New Toad! Our new friend Adhaerobufo wokomungensis was first described as a new species two months ago and is named after the location where they were found on Mount Wokomung in Guyana! (photo by D.B. Means)

Our friend the Dusky Litter Toad is also known as the Sooty Toadfrog! They are currently only known from a single location in southwestern Thailand! They are a member of family Megophryidae, also known as Goose Frogs, known for their camouflage and large heads! (photo by waramis)

Our tiny friend Brachycephalus lulai was first described as a new species just this year! They are named after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil! They live in highly preserved forests that are hard to access, which helps keep them safe! (photo by Luiz F. Ribeiro)

Our friend Wu's Lazy Toad is named after the Chinese herpetologist Wu Guanfu! They are also known as the Medog Lazy Toad because they are only found in Mêdog County in Tibet! Another name is the Medog Cat-eyed Toad, because unlike most toads their eyes have vertical pupils! (photo by 徐Kai)

Our friend the Gray Toad is closely related to our infamous friend the Cane Toad but aren't quite as large, only growing to five inches or so! That's still a pretty big toad! They live on the eastern Andean slopes of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia! (photo by Omar Miranda B.)

Our friend Simpson’s Plump Toad is a very elusive toad who lives in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador! They are similar to many other toads in genus Osornophryne but have longer fourth and fifth toes and a stubbier nose! (photo by Zane Libke)

When young, our friend the African Tree Toad is brightly colored in blue-green and black and get much duller as they age! (photo by Anne-Hélène Paradis)

Our friend the Helmeted Water Toad is the only living species in family Calyptocephalellidae which technically makes them not a "true toad", but they share many toady characteristics! They are known to eat nearly any animal that fits in their very large mouth! (photo by Benjamin Gallardo)