Distribution:
Not recorded in Kansas. Cope (1889) reported this species from "Kansas" based on two specimens from the USNM (which no longer exist (Smith 1934)). Bragg and Smith (1943) reported on young specimens (possibly OUMNH 24041) of this species taken at the edge of a cattle tank near Buffalo, Harper County, Oklahoma (15 miles south of the Kansas border adjacent to Clark and Comanche counties, Kansas).
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• Occurrence Summary:  
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  Records 
• 1
  Museum Vouchers 
• 0
  Other Observations 

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Rooks (1);

Natural History:
Texas Toads are a desert/grassland species found near with permanent water sources (streams, irrigation ditches, flooded fields, watering tanks, and ephemeral pools). They prefer sandy soils, where they burrow, and clayey soils that are frequently inundated. Habitat characteristics for adults are likely similar to those of juveniles. It is crucial for adults to take refuge in sites with relatively high humidity and/or water holding capacity to prevent desiccation during dry periods that can last for several months.

Occurrence Activity:
Number of Unique Obervations (=days): 0; Range: 01 Jan to 01 Jan

Chorusing:

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Chorusing Phenology: The black outlined dots denote the Julian date (day of the year; 1 January = 1 to 31 December = 365) an observation was made. The thin red line depicts the range of dates between the beginning of the first, and end of the fourth quartile (excluding outliers; Tukey method). The thick light blue bar represents the second and third quartile (interquartile range; the middle 50% of all observations). Only one observation per Julian date is included in the graphs; so a date with multiple observations carries the same weight as a date with only one observation. The vertical bars correspond to the 12 months of the year; January through December.
Number of Unique Obervations: ; Range: ; Interquartile range: ;

Remarks:
This species is of doubtful recent occurrence in Kansas.
Specimens referred to A. speciosus (UMMVP 40151-40154) have been recovered from the Fox Canyon Locality, from Rexroad Locality No. 3 and from the Wendell Fox Pasture Locality, all in the Rexroad formation of Meade County, Kansas. In addition, 27673 and 40156-40160 from these same localities comprise a number of elements for which no specific identification is feasible, but some of which would presumably represent this species (Tihen, 1962).