The red-spotted toad is found in eastern Southern California, east to mid-Texas, including southern Nevada, southern Utah, portions of southern Colorado and points south well into Mexico. The toad below, was found near the Whitewater River in Whitewater Canyon. I really struggled with identification: whether it was a red-spotted toad or an arroyo toad. The location charts looked more consistent with an arroyo toad, but I found that the red-spotted toad is found in Whitewater Canyon, as well as the arroyo toad. The arroyo toad is supposed to have a "v" shaped white stripe on the front of the head, light eyelids and parotoid glands lighter toward the front than the back. However, photos of the arroyo toad I found posted on the internet did not seem to have those features, at least no more than the toad pictured below. Ultimately, the more rounded parotoid gland of the red-spotted toad and the more pointed snout and the grayish color seemed to wade in favor of the red-spotted toad.
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