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title: "Woodhouses pad"
description: "Anaxyrus woodhousii — Amfibieën. Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) is a medium-sized (4 inches or 10 centimetres) true toad native to the United States and Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/woodhouse-s-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Woodhouses pad

> Anaxyrus woodhousii — Amfibieën. Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) is a medium-sized (4 inches or 10 centimetres) true toad native to the United States and Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Anaxyrus woodhousii*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 23397
- Wikidata: [Q26848327](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26848327)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64989](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64989)

## Names

- en: Woodhouse's Toad
- de: Woodhouse-Kröte
- es: Sapo chihuahuense
- fr: Crapaud de Woodhouse
- nl: Woodhouses pad

## Countries with the most observations

US (20626), MX (127)

## Summary

Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii) is a medium-sized (4 inches or 10 centimetres) true toad native to the United States and Mexico. There are three recognized subspecies. A. woodhousii tends to hybridize with Anaxyrus americanus where their ranges overlap.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhouse%27s_toad

## Photo

![Woodhouses pad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/woodhouse-s-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Teri Neville · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119315858

## Machine access

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