In the Spring, we get tadpoles and feed them until they turn into toads. Yep. We still do that. We released about a hundred of them this Summer.
This toad showed up in the yard, and is probably one of our rescues from past years, grown fat.
To give you a sense of the size of this toad, the pipe he is defending is a 1 1/2 inch pipe. He appears to have made a home in there.
Unfortunately for Mr. Toad, the pipe is connected to our sump pump, which has been quiescent during the recent drought. When the pump finally does go off, I will try to have the camera ready to capture what happens to Mr. Toad.