African Split-skin Toad

morphology

The following is from the original description by Smith (1848): BUFO CARENS.-SUNDERWALL. REPTILIA.-PLATE LXVIII. FIG. 1. B. supeme, subgranulosus ; lateribus plica longitudinale verrucisque magnis rugosis ; glandulis parotideis nullis; extremitatibus poaterioribus exteme verrucosis; dorso maculis circularibus duabus verido-nigris notato; extremitatibus parae fasciis subnigris variegntis. COLOUR.-The upper surface of the head anteriorly, the eye-shields, and the sides of the head intermediate between oil-green and ochre-yellow; the ground colour of the hind-head, the back, the upper portion of the sides, and the outer surface of the hinder legs, light blackish green, freckled with ochre-yellow or yellowish brown, the warts or granulations on the surface being the one or otber of these colours; many of the larger warts have a small reddish orange spot at or about their centre. Besides these variegations, the back is also marked with two circular spots of a greenish black colour, about a line and a half in diameter, one on each side of the vertebral line and situated about the commencement of the last third of the back. The fore-legs are crossed by two bars of the same colour as the

African Amphibians

diagnostic

This is a large toad with broad glandular dorsolateral ridges. Dorsal coloration and markings are highly variable, ranging from reddish, gray or brown with darker markings, including spots, triangles or X’s on the dorsum (Text from Harper et al., 2010).

African Amphibians

look_alikes

This species is superficially similar to Amietophrynus brauni , but lacks parotid glands (Text from Harper et al., 2010).

African Amphibians

size

Frogs are approximately 80 mm in snout-vent length (Harper et al., 2010).

African Amphibians