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I had just been taking terrible cell phone shots of "Bucky" through my spotting scope from the kitchen, when I saw him suddenly dart away into the forest with only one antler. He came back a few minutes later 🥰 (same deer as the 12Jan observation)

Found this specimen a while back and thought it looked really odd for A. americanus (Hence why I photographed it). Coming back to it now with a bit more knowledge I can see it shows structural characteristics more like the Canadian Toad--Two closely-raised ridges between the eyes forming a blunt crest. The wart and colour patterning also look different and give off a slightly different impression.
That being said, I still have little-familiarity with this species. Plus these aren't known from here in Ontario. Looking forward to any thoughts and input

*this appears to be a released pet leucistic axolotl, which we were able to capture, and are holding until pick up by someone locally who can care for it properly

Update :( unfortunately the person who took over caring for this little guy let us know that he passed away overnight on 18June - they had eaten, but were unable to keep food down (also, it was in rough shape when we found them - gills looked terrible, emaciated, and one eye was damaged/partly missing)

Some context/further details:
We found them in the creek behind where we live, which is a highly populated residential area. It seemed like they were “stuck/scared” (if we hadn’t found them I think they would have just stayed there until they died or were predated), and when we went down with a bucket they crawled right in. While waiting for the person we had found who has experience with them, they seemed to be accustomed to people/were approaching us in the temporary tub we’d set up for them. Also, my spouse had seen someone the previous day (it may have been 2 days prior) down in the creek (like maybe 10 metres away from where we found this wee one), which is not normal (we’re usually the only nature nerds around here!) and thinks they had an emptied bag when they left.

All that to say that although we have no proof that this was a very recent release of an already ill pet, it seems unlikely that they’d been living in the creek for much more than 24 hrs before we found them. I’m still glad we tried to help <3