Golden toad led bachelors to attack amplectant pairs and form what has been described as a "writhing masses of toad balls". During the 1977 and 1982 seasons, males outnumbered females by over 8 to 1 at breeding pools. Each toad couple produced 200–400 eggs each week for the six-week mating period, with each egg approximately 3 mm in diameter. The eggs of the golden toad, black and tan spheres, were deposited in small pools often no more than one-inch deep. Tadpoles emerged in a matter of days, but required another four or five weeks for metamorphosis. During this period, they were highly
Texas toad water bodies for breeding include the Gulf Coast toad ("Incilius valliceps"), the green toad ("Anaxyrus debilis"), the Great Plains narrow-mouthed toad ("Gastrophryne olivacea") and Couch's spadefoot toad ("Scaphiopus couchii"). The Texas toad sometimes hybridizes with Woodhouse's toad ("Anaxyrus woodhousii") or the Great Plains toad ("Anaxyrus cognatus"). The Texas toad has a wide range and a large total population and is one of the most common toads in the southern United States. It is tolerant of changes in its habitat and is present in cultivated areas as well as grasslands and savannahs. No particular threats have been identified and the International