Woodhouse's/Fowler's Toad Calls, Iowa DNR

WOODHOUSE’S/FOWLER’S TOAD (Anaxyrus woodhousii/Anaxyrus fowleri)
These two species of toad look and sound identical, each having a sharp elongated cry sometimes described as sounding like the bleat of a sheep. They usually start calling around May. Can be heard: SOUTHEAST IOWA (Fowler’s) and WESTERN IOWA (Woodhouse’s).

Low Abundance (Index 1): 0:00 seconds;
Also calling? Cricket Frogs (index 3), Plain’s Leopard Frog (index 3), Cope’s Gray Treefrog (index 2)

Medium Abundance (index 2): 0:08 seconds; soft and distant;
Also calling? Cricket Frogs (index 3), Plain’s Leopard Frog (index 3), Cope’s Gray Treefrog (index 2)

High Abundance (Index 3): 0:16 seconds;
Also calling? Cricket Frogs (index 3), Plain’s Leopard Frog (index 3), Cope’s Gray Treefrog (index 2)

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