Dear Ones,

Here is a video on the California Toad Subadult (Anaxyrus boreas halophilus). There is also an image of a Baja California Treefrog (Pseudacris hypochondriaca hypochondriaca). The video was filmed at Trippet Ranch, Topanga State Park, Topanga, California.

There is an edited Summary after the video …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

See the line down the back of this amphibian? From that I gather it is a California toad …

Image: “Amphibians 1: California Toad Subadult (Anaxyrus boreas halophilus),” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 July 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Look, here is a green amphibian. See the stripe across its eye? From that I gather this is a treefrog and not a toad …

Image: “Amphibians 2: Baja California Treefrog (Pseudacris hypochondriaca hypochondriaca),” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 July 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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This amphibian jumps really high …

Image: “Amphibians 3: California Toad Subadult (Anaxyrus boreas halophilus),” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 July 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

This toad is just tiny …

Image: “Amphibians 4: California Toad Subadult (Anaxyrus boreas halophilus),” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 July 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

They look like the ones at Schoolhouse Pond a little to me. It is going on towards sunset. I think that is why they are hopping around. The sun is low …

Image: “Trippet Ranch 1,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 July 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

This amphibian had a luminous yellow spot behind and on the left side of its head …

Image: “Amphibians 5: California Toad Subadult (Anaxyrus boreas halophilus),” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 July 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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I think this is what they are after here … this pond, see? ..

Image: “Trippet Ranch 2,” by Alice B. Clagett, 11 July 2019, CC BY-SA 4.0 International, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..

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Filmed on 11 July 2019; published on 26 November 2019, and revised on 15 December 2024
Location: Trippet Ranch, Topanga State Park, Topanga, CA

NOTES: These photos were taken on the same day … Link: “Trippet Ranch,” photos by Alice B. Clagett, filmed on 11 July 2019; published on 23 December 2019 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-fGB ..

Here is more about identifying California toads and frogs … Link: “Identifying California Frogs and Toads: Frogs and Toads Most Often Seen in California,” by Californiaherps.com … https://californiaherps.com/identification/frogsid/frogs.id.html ..

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