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title: "Mexican Burrowing Toad"
description: "Rhinophrynus dorsalis — Płazy. The Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) is the single living representative of the family Rhinophrynidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mexican-burrowing-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mexican Burrowing Toad

> Rhinophrynus dorsalis — Płazy. The Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) is the single living representative of the family Rhinophrynidae.

- Scientific name: *Rhinophrynus dorsalis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 991
- Wikidata: [Q764020](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764020)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26686](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26686)

## Names

- en: Mexican Burrowing Toad
- de: Nasenkröte
- es: Sapo excavador mexicano
- fr: Crapaud fouisseur du Mexique
- nl: Mexicaanse gravende pad

## Countries with the most observations

MX (562), US (141), CR (72), BZ (57), GT (44), SV (13), HN (11), NI (11)

## Summary

The Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynus dorsalis) is the single living representative of the family Rhinophrynidae. It is a unique species in its taxonomy and morphology, with special adaptations to assist them in digging burrows where they spend most of their time. These adaptations include a small pointed snout and face, keratinized structures and a lack of webbing on front limbs, and specialized tongue morphology to assist in feeding on ants and termites underground. The body is nearly equal in width and length. It is a dark brown to black color with a red-orange stripe on its back along with splotches of color…

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

## Photo

![Mexican Burrowing Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-burrowing-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jim · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/233554482

## Machine access

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