Why Does the Arroyo Toad Need Critical Habitat Protection?
– Many arroyo toad populations have been hindered or eliminated due to agriculture, urbanization, and the construction of roads, campgrounds, flood control structures and water storage reservoirs that have continually destroyed its habitat since the 1920s. – It is also believed that as a result of manipulation of water levels, the introduction of new aquatic predators, and habitat degradation from introduced plant species, coupled with the loss of habitat from the previous industrial harms has lead to the toads elimination 76% of its previous habitat. – The arroyo toad was listed as endangered on December 16, 1994 (59 FR 64895).
