Cute! They love the same environment as hydrangeas.

Wow! Being toadally clueless here but do you think it's an albino?

"The skin color of American toads is normally a shade of brown, but it can also be red with light patches, olive, or gray. The bellies are a white or yellow color. Toad skin color changes depending on temperature, humidity, and stress. The color change ranges from yellow to brown to black."

I got that info from the following website-

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While that is a somewhat interesting colored Bufo americanus, its just exhibiting some of the variation that American toads show in coloration. I'd be interested in seeing some closer,crisp shots if possible.
~Mike

Thanks, all - guess he's "normal"...I've just never seen a toad that color.

Mike - my camera is lousy, that's the best I can do. Besides, how on earth would I find the little cutie again, anyway LOL!

What? You mean you didn't implant it with a transmitter??? ;)
~Mike

What a cutie, I have seen them that color once in awhile.

I hate it when I don't know they are close by and decide to jump, scares the you know what out of me!

I bet you'll see it again, I have one that has been hanging around all summer, I know him, he is missing a toe.

Karyn

I have one that is missing an eye that I've seen 3x in the past couple of weeks - we call him "Capt'n" ....

cute toad! i never seen one yellow, woulda freaked me out wondering whats wrong lol

Okay, now you know you just ***HAVE TO*** post a pic of that one-eyed toad!!!

Most of our toads around here look like that.

I love toads. Toads and hummers are just the best.

Kevin

I love toads, frogs, salamanders, etc. and really enjoy seeing them in the yard. However, imagine my surprise when I was on the laptop early the other morning, and looked over and saw a little frog in the corner of the room!

Wonder how on earth he could have gotten into the house all covered with dust. I was flustered and worried for the frog, because I think they need to stay wet, so I snapped a quick picture (not great) and brought him outside. Put him in a winter-sowing container and spritzed him with water from the hose. He hopped off into a patch of Vinca.

Does anyone know what kind of frog this is?

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Despite its coloration, thats actually a gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor/chrysocelis) - glad ya got him out of your house, he'd have been a goner for sure!

Thanks Mikey for the id, the funny thing is, my Audubon guide to New England says the Gray treefrog's habitat is "lowland trees near water". My immediate property is upland with lots of trees, but has no water.

Which makes me wonder why this little guy was even in the yard in the first place. Very odd!

It's possible it was someone's pet (I've seen them for sale in pet shops) that escaped, or maybe a predator carried it from somewhere else and it got away -- go little green guy! We've had tons of rain this year, and while I haven't seen any toads or frogs on my property I've certainly heard them at night. I did have a toad in one of my beds out front last year that I saw twice, so I'm hoping they're still around and just keeping out of sight.

Cute. I've seen toads that color in my yard. Have one now living in a toad house in the garden. I never had a toad use it before, they tended to be more decorative, so when I was weeding I had picked up the house to move it. I'm not sure who was more freaked out - me or the toad! He had dug a little hole in the mulch under the house to rest in. Glad he's enjoying his new digs and I won't disturb him again!