Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri)

Created: May 29th, 2015 - 12:44 PM
Last Modified: May 29th, 2015 - 09:10 PM Entered by: Chris Harrison
Record 227352

Country: United States		State: Arkansas	County: Pulaski County	Time: 2015-05-23 21:38:00
Qty: 2	Age: Adult	Sex: Male	Method: Heard	Habitat: pond in wooded residential area
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 76.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Overcast		Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent	Elevation: 463.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

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Comments

Posted by Matt Ratcliffe on May 30, 2015 at 10:34 AM

Oh, I'm not doubting it's a Fowler's - I've just never heard one hold a call for that long.

Posted by Chris Harrison on May 29, 2015 at 09:05 PM

Agreed. But it was the toad in the photo and it is playing at the recorded speed.
I put up a longer recording and you can see that he shortened his call with each call from the first one being 4 seconds, the next call is 3.2 seconds, then 2.8 seconds, then he set up a rate of 2.4 secs for the remaining calls.

First Fowler's I've recorded so I can't comment about it intelligently.

Posted by Matt Ratcliffe on May 29, 2015 at 01:40 PM

That's a really long call for a Fowler's Toad! Unless you slowed down the audio or something.