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title: "Yosemite Toad"
description: "Anaxyrus canorus — Amphibien. The Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus, formerly Bufo canorus) is a species of true toad in the family Bufonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/yosemite-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yosemite Toad

> Anaxyrus canorus — Amphibien. The Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus, formerly Bufo canorus) is a species of true toad in the family Bufonidae.

- Scientific name: *Anaxyrus canorus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (See & Fluss), `mountains` (Gebirge)
- iNaturalist observations: 750
- Wikidata: [Q302397](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302397)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64972](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64972)

## Names

- en: Yosemite Toad
- es: Sapo de Yosemite
- fr: Crapaud de Yosemite

## Countries with the most observations

US (618)

## Summary

The Yosemite toad (Anaxyrus canorus, formerly Bufo canorus) is a species of true toad in the family Bufonidae. Endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, the species ranges from the Alpine County to Fresno County. Yosemite toads are only found in the montane to subalpine elevational zone of 1,950–3,445 m (6,398–11,302 ft) asl. The Yosemite toad is similar to the nearby western toad (A. boreas), but in many ways adapted to a high elevation lifestyle. It was initially described during the Grinnell Survey of California, by an undergraduate student of Joseph Grinnell named Charles Camp.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_toad

## Photo

![Yosemite Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yosemite-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nathan Howell · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/120218551

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yosemite-toad?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).