African Toads
Sclerophrys
Sclerophrys is a large genus of "true toads", family Bufonidae, native to Africa and southern Arabian Peninsula. Originally, all species were included in the genus Bufo. The genus, originally named Amietophrynus, was split due to large enough taxonomic divergence. Ohler and Dubois showed in 2016 that Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 is the same species as Bufo regularis rangeri Hewitt, 1935, the type species of Amietophrynus. Because the former name is older, the implication is that Amietophrynus...
43 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 45 known species
Western Leopard Toad
speciesSclerophrys pantherina
Raucous Toad
speciesSclerophrys capensis
Guttural Toad
speciesSclerophrys gutturalis
Mauritanian Toad
speciesSclerophrys mauritanica
Sclerophrys poweri-garmani complex
complexSclerophrys poweri
Sclerophrys xeros-regularis complex
complexSclerophrys xeros
Arabian Toad
speciesSclerophrys arabica
Eastern Flat-backed Toad
speciesSclerophrys pusilla
Hallowell's Toad
speciesSclerophrys maculata
Eastern Leopard Toad
speciesSclerophrys pardalis
Kisolo Toad
speciesSclerophrys kisoloensis
Togo Toad
speciesSclerophrys togoensis
Oban Toad
speciesSclerophrys camerunensis
African Giant Toad
speciesSclerophrys superciliaris
French Congo Toad
speciesSclerophrys gracilipes
Dead-leaf Toad
speciesSclerophrys brauni
Fernando Po toad
speciesSclerophrys tuberosa
Penton's Toad
speciesSclerophrys pentoni
Sclerophrys berghei
speciesSclerophrys berghei
Lemaire's Toad
speciesSclerophrys lemairii
Steindachner's Toad
speciesSclerophrys steindachneri
Kerinyaga Toad
speciesSclerophrys kerinyagae
Balletto's Toad
speciesSclerophrys tihamica
Wide-headed Toad
speciesSclerophrys latifrons
Villiers' Toad
speciesSclerophrys villiersi
Lake Turkana Toad
speciesSclerophrys turkanae
Angola Toad
speciesSclerophrys funerea
Perret's Toad
speciesSclerophrys perreti
Sooty Toad
speciesSclerophrys fuliginata
Asmara Toad
speciesSclerophrys asmarae
Lake Langano Toad
speciesSclerophrys langanoensis
Nile Valley Toad
speciesSclerophrys kassasii
Buchner's Toad
speciesSclerophrys buchneri
Sclerophrys djohongensis
speciesSclerophrys djohongensis
Congo Toad
speciesSclerophrys channingi
Blanfordas Toad
speciesSclerophrys blanfordii
Lake Victoria Toad
speciesSclerophrys vittata
West African Horned Toad
speciesSclerophrys chevalieri
Suia Hadramaut Toad
speciesSclerophrys hadramautinus
Tai Toad
speciesSclerophrys taiensis
Daniela's Toad
speciesSclerophrys danielae
Merera Toad
speciesSclerophrys reesi
Urungu Toad
speciesSclerophrys urunguensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 517026.