What is American toad?
{{speciesbox | name = American toad | image = Bufo americanus PJC1.jpg | image_caption = Specimen from [[Jacques-Cartier National Park]], Quebec, Canada | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author1=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |year=2015 |title=''Anaxyrus americanus'' |volume=2015 |page=e.T54570A56843565 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T54570A56843565.en |access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> | taxon = Anaxyrus americanus | authority = ([[John Edwards Holbrook|Holbrook]], 1836) | range_map = B americanus range23.png | range_map_caption = Range of ''A. americanus'' | synonyms = ''Bufo americanus'' <small>Holbrook, 1836</small> | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''A. a. americanus'' *''A. a. charlesmithi'' *''[[Hudson Bay toad|A. a. copei]]'' }} The '''American toad''' (''Bufo americanus'') is a [[species]] of [[toad]]. They live in eastern [[United States]] and [[Canada]]. There are three [[subspecies]]: the '''eastern American toad''', the '''dwarf American toad''', and the rare '''Hudson Bay toad'''. == Subspecies == === Eastern American toad === The eastern American toad (''A. a. americanus'') is a medium-sized toad. Most of the time, its size is {{convert|5|-|9|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.scf.rncan.gc.ca/subsite/glfc-amphibians/bufo-americanus American toad (''Bufo americanus'')] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618041207/http://www.scf.rncan.gc.ca/subsite/glfc-amphibians/bufo-americanus |date=June 18, 2009 }}, Natural Resources Canada</ref> The biggest one measured was {{convert|11.1|cm|in}}.<ref>{{cite book|last=Conant |first=Roger |year=1975 |title=A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America |url=https://archive.org/details/fieldguidetorept0000cona |publisher=Houghton Mifflin |location=Boston |isbn=0-395-19979-4}}</ref> === Dwarf American toad === The dwarf Ameri