EISPIRATEN

Not exactly our backyard, but I spotted this guy while on vacation in the Peachy Canyon area west of Paso Robles.

DSC00279 by moore91024, on Flickr

Can't seem to match him to anything on http://californiaherps.com. Anyone recognize him?

(Edited to add) The more I look, the more I am thinking California Toad with coloring a little bit outside the norm. One of the photos is captioned "Adult emerging from a California ground squirrel burrow," which is the situation I found this guy in.

Not sure what species he is, but he is kinda cool.

HJ

A little tardy on the reply... that is a California Toad. Nice picture!

Thanks for the confirmation! I think he's cooler looking than the California toad photos that come up on Google images

He's a peach of a toad.

cool creature!