I found this hopping out into the road from my yard at night, no doubt intent on traveling to a breeding pool. (I've been hearing them the last couple of days in little puddles in yards.) I captured it and placed it on a stage for photography--in this case, a piece of craft foam. I do not see them in the open during the day--they always seem to be under something. Even when calling during the day, they seem to be under cover.This one is much plumper than ones I've seen previously--perhaps a female full of eggs! Length was just over an inch--25-30 mm, perhaps, a bit larger than some others I have found.Update: Frogs and Toads of Georgia mentions that they are sexually dimorphic--males with a dark throat. That looks to agree with what I see based on the size and body shape--the one below in my comment, for instance was smaller, and does seem to have a darker throat--probably a male.
I found this little (27 mm body length) toad out on a wet road at night. They breed during summer rains, and are fairly common in my area, but a bit difficult to find. It was captured and posed for these photos. They are so funny--they do not jump, but attempt to burrow wherever they are placed. The specimen was returned to its original site the next evening.A good link: Frogs and Toads of Georgia/South CarolinaGastrophryne_carolinensis PCCA20060609-4439A
Summary[edit] Description: English: An adult male Gastrophryne carolinensis (eastern narrow-mouthed toad) at the University of Mississippi Field Station. Date: 13 June 2014, 15:30:10. Source: Own work. Author: Fredlyfish4. Camera location34° 25′ 38.55″ N, 89° 23′ 16.01″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 34.427375; -89.387781.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Western Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea), Municipality of San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Photographed on 19 March 2009 by William L. Farr. Date: 19 March 2009. Source: Own work. Author: William L. Farr.
Summary[edit] Description: English: An adult male Gastrophryne carolinensis (eastern narrow-mouthed toad) at the University of Mississippi Field Station. Date: 13 June 2014, 15:29:47. Source: Own work. Author: Fredlyfish4. Camera location34° 25′ 38.51″ N, 89° 23′ 16.03″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 34.427364; -89.387786.
Gastrophryne carolinensis--found under a landsapce timber in my yard. This one is actually in place after I rolled the timber. It was very placid, and allowed a number of shots before hopping off. I've found a couple of these under bark or logs in my yard this spring--seems to have been a good year for them. Diffused natural light + flash fill.
Narrow mouthed toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis the Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad or Gastrophryne olivacea the Eastern Narrowmouth Toad???) Copyright Liz Roy. Taken while in Costa Rica, Jan-Feb 2005. Released under the GFDL with author's permission. : Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License.http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.htmlGFDLGNU Free Documentation Licensetruetrue. : This file is licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.:.. This licensing tag was added to this file as part of the GFDL licensing update.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/CC-BY-SA-3.0Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0truetrue.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Amphibia: Anura; Microhylidae; Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis) photographed in Liberty County, Texas, USA, 15 September 2018, by William L. Farr. Date: 15 September 2018, 22:40:12. Source: Own work. Author: William L. Farr.