Dixie Valley toad

Close up of a small spotted brown and black toad on blades of brown and green grass.

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Dixie Valley toads are found only in a hot-spring fed wetland in Dixie Valley, northeast of Fallon, Nevada. Dixie Valley toads were emergency listed as an endangered species in April 2022. Primary threats include geothermal development, disease, predation by other non-native frog species, groundwater pumping for human and agricultural use and climate change.

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Reno Fish and Wildlife Office

Pacific Southwest Region Headquarters

Species

Anaxyrus williamsi

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Amphibians

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Natural resource conservation

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