Chloe C., Luis H., Karina B., Aliz F

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Houston Toad

• Chloe C., Luis H., Karina B., Aliz F

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Description of the Houston Toad

• The Houston Toad is 2-3 1/4 (5.1-8 cm.).
  It is medium-sized, with prominent cranial crests
  thickened behind the eyes.

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Habitat of the Houston Toad

• The Houston toad requires loose, deep sands
  supporting woodland Savannah and still waters for
  breeding.

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Why the Houston Toad is Endangered

• The Houston Toad is Endangered because of
  severe droughts in Texas in the 1950s.

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Interesting Facts about the Houston Toad

• Here are some interesting facts about the
  Houston Toad
• -The Houston Toad does not live in Houston.

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What we think can be done to help the Houston Toad

• Here are some things we think can be done to
  help the Houston Toad You can help by protecting
  pond habitat. You can also help by taking trash
  out of the water and not littering.

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Houston Toad Research Websites

• http//www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp
  ?allSpeciesysearchTexthouston20toadcurGroupID
  7lgfromWherecurPageNum1
• http//animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/account
  s/information/Bufo_houstonensis.html
• http//www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/
  htoad/
• http//library.thinkquest.org/19689/data/amphibian
  s/houston_toad_frame.html
• http//www.environmentaldefense.org/documents/3737
  _Species_Houston20Toad.pdf
• http//www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/frogs/bu
  fo.houstonensis.html

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Houston Toad Pictures