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Southern Toad Bufo terrestris

Dead Lakes, Florida. September 2002.

A tiny "microtoad" sits on the tip of my middle finger, no more than 1 centimetre (3/8ths of an inch) in length. One of this year's metamorphs, she has a lot of growing to do before she reaches her full adult size of around 3 inches (7.5 cm).