American Toad Spring Mating
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Photographed
8 May 2019
Posted 16 May 2019
Pair of American Toads (Anaxyrus americanus) mating in a Pawlet pond. The smaller male is on top of the female — wrapping his front legs around her chest to hold on, releasing his sperm to fertilize the eggs she releases.