Baxter's Toad

Summary Retrieved from [1] and the image is from a U.S. Government website and is within the public domain. Wyoming Toad is an extremely rare endangered species that is found only in captivity and around one small lake in south central Wyoming, U.S., within Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Licensing[edit] Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : This image or recording is the work of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. For more information, see the Fish and Wildlife Service copyright policy. català | čeština | English | español | eesti | suomi | français | italiano | македонски | Nederlands | polski | português | русский | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体）‎ | Zazaki | +/− :.

Description: The toads are given dry and wet habitat to live in at the hatchery. Credit: USFWS. Date: 19 December 2009, 08:57. Source: Wyoming Toad. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: Possible causes of decline are: Spraying insecticides to control mosquitoes, change in agricultural activities, increased predation, disease and climate change and most recently discovered is the chytrid fungus. This fungus has been reported in the captive and wild populations. Credit: Stephanie Raine/ USFWS. Date: 12 October 2010, 14:01. Source: Wyoming Toads. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: The toads are checked for various diseases, this helps maintain a healthy breeding population (within the hatchery). Credit: USFWS. Date: 1 June 2005, 01:12. Source: Wyoming Toad Disease Check. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: Without warning “something” began to take the Wyoming Toad out of the wild in the mid 1970’s. In the mid-80’s the 2-inch-long (females) toads with distinct dark blotching were considered extinct. Credit: Stephanie Raine/ USFWS. Date: 12 October 2010, 14:01. Source: Wyoming Toads. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: English: Wyoming toad in nature. Date: 1 October 2015. Source: https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/amphibians/wyomingtoad/. Author: USFWS.

Description: In April of 2014, regional office employees visited Saratoga National Fish Hatchery to learn more about its efforts towards recovering the Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri). The hatchery adopted a unique role in becoming the first unit in the National Fish Hatchery System to become involved in rearing endangered amphibians. The Wyoming toad was a common sight on areas of the Laramie Plains, Albany County, Wyoming, into the early 1970s but the species' populations crashed in the mid-1970s. The Wyoming toad was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in January 1984. Found only in southwestern Wyoming, the Wyoming toad is considered the most endangered amphibian in North America. The hatchery maintains a captive population for breeding, rearing, and refugia, and the offspring from this program will be used for reintroduction efforts. Photo Credit: Bridget Fahey / USFWS. Date: 22 April 2014, 22:49. Source: Visiting Saratoga National Fish Hatchery. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: In April of 2014, regional office employees visited Saratoga National Fish Hatchery to learn more about its efforts towards recovering the Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri). The hatchery adopted a unique role in becoming the first unit in the National Fish Hatchery System to become involved in rearing endangered amphibians. The Wyoming toad was a common sight on areas of the Laramie Plains, Albany County, Wyoming, into the early 1970s but the species' populations crashed in the mid-1970s. The Wyoming toad was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in January 1984. Found only in southwestern Wyoming, the Wyoming toad is considered the most endangered amphibian in North America. The hatchery maintains a captive population for breeding, rearing, and refugia, and the offspring from this program will be used for reintroduction efforts. Photo Credit: Bridget Fahey / USFWS. Date: 22 April 2014, 22:39. Source: Visiting Saratoga National Fish Hatchery. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: Credit: USFWS. Date: 9 July 2004, 02:56. Source: Wyoming Toadlets. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

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Description: In April of 2014, regional office employees visited Saratoga National Fish Hatchery to learn more about its efforts towards recovering the Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri). The hatchery adopted a unique role in becoming the first unit in the National Fish Hatchery System to become involved in rearing endangered amphibians. The Wyoming toad was a common sight on areas of the Laramie Plains, Albany County, Wyoming, into the early 1970s but the species' populations crashed in the mid-1970s. The Wyoming toad was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in January 1984. Found only in southwestern Wyoming, the Wyoming toad is considered the most endangered amphibian in North America. The hatchery maintains a captive population for breeding, rearing, and refugia, and the offspring from this program will be used for reintroduction efforts. Photo Credit: Bridget Fahey / USFWS. Date: 22 April 2014, 23:01. Source: Visiting Saratoga National Fish Hatchery. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: In April of 2014, regional office employees visited Saratoga National Fish Hatchery to learn more about its efforts towards recovering the Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri). The hatchery adopted a unique role in becoming the first unit in the National Fish Hatchery System to become involved in rearing endangered amphibians. The Wyoming toad was a common sight on areas of the Laramie Plains, Albany County, Wyoming, into the early 1970s but the species' populations crashed in the mid-1970s. The Wyoming toad was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in January 1984. Found only in southwestern Wyoming, the Wyoming toad is considered the most endangered amphibian in North America. The hatchery maintains a captive population for breeding, rearing, and refugia, and the offspring from this program will be used for reintroduction efforts. Photo Credit: Bridget Fahey / USFWS. Date: 22 April 2014, 22:15. Source: Visiting Saratoga National Fish Hatchery. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: Saratoga Fish Hatchery biologist scans the toad to see what its number is, this will determine who they are best to mate with allowing for optimal genetic diversity. Credit: USFWS. Date: 21 January 2011, 12:17. Source: Wyoming Toad. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: In April of 2014, regional office employees visited Saratoga National Fish Hatchery to learn more about its efforts towards recovering the Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri). The hatchery adopted a unique role in becoming the first unit in the National Fish Hatchery System to become involved in rearing endangered amphibians. The Wyoming toad was a common sight on areas of the Laramie Plains, Albany County, Wyoming, into the early 1970s but the species' populations crashed in the mid-1970s. The Wyoming toad was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in January 1984. Found only in southwestern Wyoming, the Wyoming toad is considered the most endangered amphibian in North America. The hatchery maintains a captive population for breeding, rearing, and refugia, and the offspring from this program will be used for reintroduction efforts. Photo Credit: Bridget Fahey / USFWS. Date: 22 April 2014, 22:46. Source: Visiting Saratoga National Fish Hatchery. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: English: Wyoming toad eggs in Saratoga National Fish Hatchery. Source: https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/fisheries/saratoga.php. Author: USFWS.

Description: Credit: USFWS. Date: 9 July 2004, 01:07. Source: Wyoming Toads. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: Saratoga National Fish Hatchery biologist feeds endangered Wyoming toads live worms. Credit: USFWS. Date: 9 March 2010, 14:24. Source: Wyoming Toad at Saratoga NFH. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: Български: Bufo baxteri (Anaxyrus baxteri) English: Wyoming Toad (Bufo baxteri). Date: 8 July 2004. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmtnprairie/5376279442/. Author: USFWS Endangered Species.

Description: Home sweet home for the Wyoming Toad. Credit: USFWS. Date: 12 August 2004, 00:20. Source: Releasing Wyoming Toads. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.

Description: A close-up of the very handsome (and endangered) Wyoming toad. Credit: Ryan Moehring / USFWS. Date: 12 June 2015, 11:54. Source: Wyoming Toad. Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie.