My Bufo nebulifer are still here!

For two weeks I feared something untoward happened to these Gulf Coast Toads; most notably missing was one on my doorstep. As previously reported one or another has been there nocturnally since 2009. I surmised that a series of torrents blew or washed them away, despite my providing no-mow sanctuary. So seeing a littlest one there again tonight gives me

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The daToad family branches out

An admission of confusion begins this episode. Fuzzy and family are toads not frogs, but not “true frogs.” Please keep reading [*] and perhaps by the end of this piece you will have made up your own mind. To continue……… So, I’ve been concerned: Fuzzy and the Mrs. hasn’t been seen in a couple of weeks. Their dugout looks deserted. But

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