The Mexican Burrowing Toad is a stout, burrowing amphibian with a rounded body and a distinctive flattened head. A memorable fact is that it spends most of its life underground, emerging primarily during the rainy season.
Habitat
Dry, sandy soils in grasslands and scrublands.
Diet
Ants and termites.
How common
Rare
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