General Description: Amargosa Toads (Anaxyrus nelsoni) are small toads with dorsal blotches and short legs and arms.

Taxonomy: Order Frogs and Toads (Anura); Family True Toads (Bufonidae). Formerly Amargosa Toad (Bufo nelsoni).

Technical Description: Size small (2-3 in). Resembles a Western Toad, but head narrow, snout long, skin smoother, and limbs short (elbow and knee do not touch when body is held straight).

Diet: Insects.

Habitat: Springs and outflows, often with riparian vegetation (e.g., Cottonwood Trees) at the interface between the Great Basin (northern) and Mojave (southern) deserts.

Range: This species is restricted to a few spring areas and ponds in and around the town of Beatty, Nye County, Nevada.

Breeding: Breeds March to April. Amplexis pectoral.

Similar Species: The Western Toad is larger, head broader, snout shorter, limbs longer, feet larger with more webbing, more warts.

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