With all the rain and flooding we have gotten over the last couple of days, little toads will make their way out of their hiding places and hop around our neighborhood streets and driveways looking for a nice  puddle or ditch to hunker down and sing their little hearts out to attract lady toads.

You may hear the low trill of Gulf coast toads outside your bedroom window or the quiet chirp of the Rio Grande chirping frog.

Let’s not silence these melodious songs by squashing  them under our monster tires! We need our slimey friends around to munch mosquitos and other pesky insects.

What can you do to help our amphibious friends on rainy nights? Give amphibians a brake! Drive a tad slower and watch out for toads and other amphibians crossing our streets and driveways!

Have you been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a googly eyed toad in the last day or so? If so, please share!

Below, feast your eyes upon the handsome Houston toad at the Houston Zoo, one of the most endangered amphibians in the world!

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