A Midnight Toad

 

Have you ever seen a black toad?  Neither had we until we came across this dude living in my herb bed.  Goggle says that "black toads" live only in a small area of California.  Another entry said that Eastern Spadefoot toads can be "almost black".  But nothing else seems to match. 

Seems we have a bit of a warty mystery out here in The Sticks.