I came across a albino toad recently and I am not usualy in the forums and more into snakes then anything but has any one heard of a regular albino toad?? I looked through the classifieds and did not find any info and was wandering about it.
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Albino Toad?? Ever Heard of one???
snakeman23
Apr 27, 2008 09:55 AM
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anuraanman
Apr 27, 2008 05:04 PM
why kind of toad is this? I've never kept alinos but some of the species seem to do pretty well. I remember a while back lots of people were having problems with albino woodhouse's toads so that line may have some sort of genetic predisposition for medical complications. I'm not sure if someone has managed to fix the problem yet but some live long enough to breed anyway. Check this thread out from a few months back:
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anuraanman
Apr 27, 2008 10:39 PM
n/p
snakeman23
May 03, 2008 12:25 PM
I live here in florida, more north like near jacksonville. I did some research andit resembles a southern toad exepct for the fact it is albino. I will get photo real soon.
anuraanman
May 07, 2008 12:26 PM
sorry, I didn't realize at first that this was a toad you found in the wild. If you are trying to figure out what kind it is then it should be very doable even without color to go by. Often it comes down to looking at the shape of the paratoid glands, cranial crests, and the size of the bumps or, "warts".
This website has some decent information on southern vs. marine toads. I'm sure you can find better info on the other two species found in florida (oak and fowlers).
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boxienuts
May 27, 2008 09:24 PM
Would love to see the pic of the albino toad. If it were me, I would try to breed it, of course it would likely take 2 generations to even produce 1/4 of the offspring albino, if simple recessive as albinism usually is, but well worth the efforts especially if it is indeed a novel morph of the species, yet to be ID'd.
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