Great Plains Toad
Bufo cognatus


Family Bufonidae

Description:
To 4½" snout-vent length. Color yellowish, brown, greenish, or gray, with light edged usually symetrical dark blotches on back. Cranial crests prominent.
Elevation Range:
Generally below 6000' in eastern Colorado; at 7500-8000' in San Luis Valley.
  Great Plains Toad
Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.
         
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
AdamsH Dolores  La Plata  Pitkin 
AlamosaH Douglas *  Lake  ProwersH
ArapahoeH Eagle  Larimer *  Pueblo * 
Archuleta  El Paso *  Las Animas *  Rio Blanco 
BacaH ElbertH LincolnH Rio Grande * 
BentH Fremont *  LoganHMS7 Routt 
BoulderH Garfield  Mesa  SaguacheH
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
CheyenneH Grand  Moffat  San Miguel 
Clear Creek  Gunnison  Montezuma  SedgwickH
Conejos  Hinsdale  Montrose  Summit 
Costilla  Huerfano *  MorganH Teller 
CrowleyH Jackson  OteroH WashingtonH
Custer *  Jefferson *  Ouray  WeldH
Delta  KiowaAA1 Park  YumaH
DenverH Kit CarsonH PhillipsH
Map of Colorado
Color Key
Adams Alamosa Arahapoe Archuleta Baca Bent Boulder Chaffee Cheyenne Clear Creek Conejos Costilla Crowley Custer Delta Denver Dolores Douglas Eagle El Paso Elbert Fremont Garfield Gilpin Grand Gunnison Hinsdale Huerfano Jackson Jefferson Kiowa Kit Carson La Plata Lake Larimer Las Animas Lincoln Logan Mesa Mineral Moffat Montezuma Montrose Morgan Otero Ouray Park Phillips Pitkin Prowers Pueblo Rio Blanco Rio Grande Routt Saguache San Juan San Miguel Sedgewick Summit Teller Washington Weld Yuma