DFW HERPS |
Ollotis (Bufo) nebulifer |
Gulf Coast Toad |
GULF COAST TOAD Ollotis (Bufo) nebulifer (Girard, 1854) STATUS: Abundant DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas, Ellis, Hood, Kaufman, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, and Tarrant HABITAT: Mesquite Grand Prairie, Blackland Prairie, Trinity River Bottoms, Eastern Cross Timbers, Cedar-Limestone Hills, Brazos River Bottoms, and the southern part of the Fort Worth Prairie COMMENTS: The gulf coast toad is most abundant in the southern half of the Metroplex and seems to be increasing in number.
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