Colorado River toad: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Colorado River toad lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Incilius alvarius
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Bufonidae

Where does the Colorado River toad live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Colorado River toad in 2 countries and territories across North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Colorado River toad endangered?

The Colorado River toad’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Colorado River toad?

The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Bufonidae, genus Incilius. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Colorado River toad

The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), (previously Bufo alvarius) also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is well known for its ability to exude toxins that have psychoactive properties from glands within its skin.

The toad's scientific name was formerly Bufo alvarius, the name by which the toad is generally still known. In the early 2000s, the increasingly important role of molecular genetic techniques in taxonomy and their ability to examine phylogenetic relationships allowed scientists to discover numerous distinct genera within the old Bufo group.

The Colorado River toad's name was subsequently changed to Incilius alvarius.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Colorado River toad (revision 1379130346), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q10534901 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).