Berber Toad

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Berber Toad
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Bufo Species: B. mauritanicus
Binomial name
Bufo mauritanicus Schlegel, 1841

The Berber Toad, Mauritanian Toad, Crapaud De Maurétanie, Crapaud Pantherin, or Sapo Moruno (Bufo mauritanicus) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, and possibly Western Sahara. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, pastureland, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

[edit] References

• Donaire-Barroso, D., Salvador, A., Martínez-Solano, I., García-París, M., Gil, E.R., Tahar, S. & El Mouden, E.H. 2004. Bufo mauritanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.