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When the first Puerto Rican crested toad conservation efforts began in 1980, Brookfield Zoo was one of two U.S. institutions to receive offspring from four breeding individuals at the Puerto Rico Zoological Gardens.—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025 More specifically, the crested variety—commonly referred to as cockscomb—produces blooms that resemble a rooster's comb.—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025 The green ones are native and tend to stay in trees while the Cuban brown anoles showed up about 100 years ago and the similar crested anoles landed from Puerto Rico in 2018.—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2025 The mountain peaks jetted into a cloudless Dodger-blue sky as the wind whipped and the waves beneath crested and crashed.—Dan Woike, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crested
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