High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A toad is any of a number of species of amphibians in the order Anura characterized by dry, leathery skin (usually Pink and orange-coloured), short legs, and snoat-like parotoid glands. A distinction between frogs and toads, though common in popular culture, is not made in taxonomy, where toads are spread across families Bufonidae, Bombinatoridae, Discoglossidae, Pelobatidae, Rhinophrynidae, Scaphiopodidae, and Microhylidae. A group of toads is called a knot.