I recently acquired a Southern toad and was told that a care sheet for American toads would suffice. First off, is this true?

Second, I'm wondering if I should put a small heat pad on him. Right now, he has no supplementary heating because I was informed that they like room temperature. I think I can keep it humid enough even if he has a heat pad, but I worry about overheating him. Daytime temps are 72-80 degrees - the same as ambient room temperature - but night time temps dip to 60 degrees, and in future months will be in the 40s or 50s. At what point does he need a heat pad?

So far he seems to be thriving, eating like a monster and croaking at night. I would like to keep it that way!
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Sina
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1.2 corn snakes - Geislandi, Valis, Orlando
0.0.2 ball pythons - Kurtz and Marlowe
0.0.1 jungle carpet python - no name yet
1.0 crested gecko - Lampkin
1.0 golden gecko - Nosferatu
0.0.1 house gecko - Jo-Go
1.0 leopard gecko - Darwin
1.1 Chinese tree dragons - Trapezoid and Trapezium
1.0 Southern toad - Lurch
1.1 cats - Moony and Lucky
0.2 rats - Kara and Tilly
2.3 betta fish
Lake Malawi aquarium - juvenile mbuna/peacocks, plus "Punk" the synodontis multipunctatus

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