🐸 American toad report template
Three versions, one page each. Print the one for your child’s grade. The facts come from the American toad page, every number with its source.
Grades 1–2
My report: the american toad
Anaxyrus americanus · Grades 1–2
| Length | 2 to 4.4 in (5.1 to 11 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 1 year to 2 years |
Read about it
The American toad has bumpy brown skin. It hops around gardens at night and eats bugs. In spring, it sings a long trill near ponds.
It lives in:
It eats:
The coolest thing I learned:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, nps.gov/chat/learn/nature/american-toad.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Minute Man National Historical Park, nps.gov/mima/learn/nature/reptiles-and-amphibians.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 3–4
My report: the american toad
Anaxyrus americanus · Grades 3–4
| Length | 2 to 4.4 in (5.1 to 11 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 1 year to 2 years |
Read about it
A toad's bumpy skin is not made of warts, and touching a toad will not give you warts. It catches insects, slugs and worms with a sticky tongue that flicks out fast. In spring, males trill from shallow water, and females lay long strings of eggs that hatch into tadpoles.
Where it lives (its habitat):
What it eats:
How its body helps it live there:
My favorite fact:
A question I still have:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, nps.gov/chat/learn/nature/american-toad.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Minute Man National Historical Park, nps.gov/mima/learn/nature/reptiles-and-amphibians.htm, checked 2026-10-30
Grades 5–6
My report: the american toad
Anaxyrus americanus · Grades 5–6
| Length | 2 to 4.4 in (5.1 to 11 cm) |
|---|---|
| Height at the shoulder | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Weight | not checked yet: look it up! |
| Top speed | not checked yet: look it up! |
| How long it lives | 1 year to 2 years |
Read about it
American toads hide by day under rocks and logs, or dig backward into soft soil, and come out at dusk. Glands behind the eyes make a bad-tasting liquid that keeps many animals from eating them, so it is best to just watch a toad and wash your hands if you touch one. A toad is a helpful garden guest because it eats so many slugs and insects. Toads need ponds to lay eggs, so a garden pond or a pile of logs gives them a home.
Habitat and range: where on Earth, and what the place is like:
Diet: what it eats, and what might eat it:
Adaptations: two ways its body or habits help it survive:
Is it in danger? Why or why not?:
Compare it with another animal you know:
Bibliography: write each source below as site, page title, date checked:
Where my facts came from
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, nps.gov/chat/learn/nature/american-toad.htm, checked 2026-10-30
- National Park Service, Minute Man National Historical Park, nps.gov/mima/learn/nature/reptiles-and-amphibians.htm, checked 2026-10-30