Bufo cognatus

This is a reasonably large toad, and by far the most commonly-seen of the true toads (Bufonidae) when road-crusing at night in southern NM.

Doña Ana County, NM, near Sierra de Las Uvas, 9/1/04.

Doña Ana County, NM, near Sierra de Las Uvas, 9/1/04.

Very young metamorph in Cochise County, AZ, east of the Chiricahuas, 9/4/04.