Thanks Wayne, I was the one who posted the original question. The danger of
these toads to pets is well known here in S. Florida by most pet owners.

The question I posted (and still don't have any answer to) is whether a pond
will attract these toads or not. In other words, are my chances of seeing
one of these toads in the yard any greater now that I have a pond, or
doesn't it make any difference?

In the 3 1/2 years I've been in this house I've never seen one before (which
doesn't necessarialy mean they haven't been here, of course); perhaps it's
just coincidental that I happened to see one now, shortly after I installed
the pond.

I'm not even sure if the one I saw was the poisonous type or not. It was
fairly small (maybe 3'') and up in the overhang of my house, where I tore
out a bad section of the soffit and hadn't yet replaced it. Not sure how it
even got up there.

Don