Fowler's toad (Bufo fowleri or Bufo woodhousii fowleri) in Atlanta, Georgia. This is a common toad in the Eastern US; usually a gray-brown toad with a light stripe down middle of its back. Toads have enlarged glands (parotid glands) on the side of the neck, one behind each eye which secrete a viscous white poison causing nausea, irregular heart beat, and, in extreme cases, death. They are found in sandy areas near marshes, irrigation ditches, backyards, and temporary rain pools from Lake Michigan east and south to the Gulf coast (excluding coastal South Carolina and Georgia, and most of Florida), west to east Texas and north to Missouri and southern Illinois.