Is it a rock????

I thought it was a rock and almost picked it up.  It is a toad.  It is kind of evil looking, but I can have it living near me unlike the snake.  It is on my banister up next to my house on the front steps. It was gone this morning but he left me a present.  Toad poop.

It must be true  that I live on an island in the middle of a swamp.  With all the wild life that entire my yard.  My uncle said after he had flown over Bemidji "Which island do you live on?"