Los Angeles Times

Have fun outside, but please don’t lick the hallucinogenic toads, National Park Service says

The National Park Service has a few simple requests for its guests who want to enjoy the outdoors: Pick up your trash, be mindful of your campfires, and please don’t lick the Sonoran Desert toads. The ...
Los Angeles Times

Rare toad raised in San Francisco relocates to Yosemite National Park

A toad that has not been seen in Yosemite National Park in 11 years was reintroduced to the park this week by San Francisco Zoo officials. Zoo officials said in a Facebook post that 118 Yosemite toads ...
insider.si.edu

Handbook of frogs and toads of the United States and Canada, by Albert Hazen Wright and ...

Preface -- General account -- Common names -- Present classifications -- Scientific name -- Specific evaluation of our North American forms -- Range -- Habitat ...
WBAL

California: Protections imposed for endangered frogs, toads

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two types of yellow-legged frogs, and a kind of toad found in Yosemite National Park, won extra protection Thursday when federal authorities declared nearly 3,000 square miles in ...