African Common Toad
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| Amietophrynus gutturalis Power, 1927 |
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Bufo gutturalis |
The African Common Toad or Gutteral Toad (Amietophrynus gutturalis) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.
[edit] References
- Tandy, M., Poynton, J.C., Minter, L. & Lötters, S. 2004. Bufo gutturalis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.
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