Ascaphus trui vs toad

Ascaphus trui and toad both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Ascaphus trui	Yes	No	No	No
toad	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, toad is a hypernym of Ascaphus trui; that is, toad is a word with a broader meaning than Ascaphus trui:

Ascaphus trui: western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ
toad: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

Other hypernyms of Ascaphus trui include anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad frog.

Ascaphus trui (noun)	toad (noun)
western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ	any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species