Habitat
The Oak toad's natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, ponds, irrigated land, and canals and ditches. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Oak toads are only found in the United States. Their range consists of the coastal plains of the southeast of the country, from eastern Louisiana to southeast Virginia and south throughout Florida.
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