I keep saying that our amphibians have gone into their winter hideaways, yet I almost stepped on this little fellow yesterday. (Sex assumed.) He, of course, is a well-camouflaged Eastern American Toad (Anaxyrus anaxyrus americanus), warts and all.
Actually, those lumps and bumps are not warts. They’re glands of toxic substances that the toad secretes as protection when it feels in danger. The biggest bumps behind the eyes are its paratoid glands, which apparently are the amphibian’s most lethal toxic goo secreters:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on November 2, 2022.)