Dixie Valley toad

A close up of a small spotted brown and black toad in shallow water surrounded by blades of brown and green grass.
Photo By/Credit

Chad Mellison/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Dixie Valley toads are found only in a hot-spring fed wetland in Dixie Valley, northeast of Fallon, Nevada. Dixie Valley toads were emergency listed as an endangered species in April 2022. Primary threats include geothermal development, disease, predation by other non-native frog species, groundwater pumping for human and agricultural use and climate change.
Facility
Reno Fish and Wildlife Office
Species
Anaxyrus williamsi
Subject tags
Amphibians
Endangered and/or Threatened species