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A little oak toad [Anaxyrus quercicus] floats like a cork in a lake in Everglades National Park, Florida. Oak toads are the smallest species of toad in North America, averaging out at just 1 inch long. They flock to shallow lakes like these in the spring in order to breed; one pair can produce an average of 300-500 eggs, which wrap like string around vegetation and hatch in a matter of days. Image by Todd Pierson.