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I found this big guy last night when mountain biking in Coastal Southern Califorina. I've never seen a toad here in the 5 years I've lived here. He is about 5" long and I'm guessing he's a Western toad or a California toad but am not sure. I breed hognose snakes so this toad will really come in handy when it comes to scenting pinkies. I do not intend to harm it in any way shape or form.
This toad is living in a rack system right now and I would like to know what kind of humidity and substrate to use. Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Rudy

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1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa adults
1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa 2003
0.1 Rubber Boa
0.2 Eastern Hognose Snakes
4.4 Western Hognose Snakes
1.1 Womas
Black Knobbed Sawback
Northern Diamondback
Florida Redbellied Slider
Western Painted
Southern Painted
1.0 African Hedgehog
1.0 Sulcata
1.1 Leopard tortoises
1 Pleco
2 Silver Dollars
3 Bosemian Rainbows
1 Cory Cat
1 Upside Down Catfish
2.0 Fire Guramis

uhh... I think that is it.

its a fowlers toad and you need a good substrate that it can burrow in like moss my favorite dirt unfertlized and you also need a persay about a 4x4 inch container filled with dechlorinated water u can dechlorinate it by either letting sit for a day or two or use aquarium dechlorinator thats what i use it works good and a cave and it eats pratically anything anything that is a insect and moves like earthworm i feed mine that or whatever and you got to clean the tank every month or so and maybe you can put in live plants go to a stream near by and get some and i almost for got amphibians
LOVE moss peat or sphagun or whatever

Hope i helped brandon

thanks for the imput. I thought a fowlers toad was from the east coast. I caught this guy in coastal southern California.

Rudy
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1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa adults
1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa 2003
0.1 Rubber Boa
0.2 Eastern Hognose Snakes
4.4 Western Hognose Snakes
1.1 Womas
Black Knobbed Sawback
Northern Diamondback
Florida Redbellied Slider
Western Painted
Southern Painted
1.0 African Hedgehog
1.0 Sulcata
1.1 Leopard tortoises
1 Pleco
2 Silver Dollars
3 Bosemian Rainbows
1 Cory Cat
1 Upside Down Catfish
2.0 Fire Guramis

uhh... I think that is it.

If that is a fowlers toad than you have extended the known range of the toad past the Mississippi River, way past the Mississippi River. Take a look at the keys and decide between red-spotted and great plains. They are the oonly species that I know of in So Cal.