South American Common Toad

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South American Common Toad
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Bufo Species: B. margaritifer
Binomial name
Bufo margaritifer (Laurenti, 1768)

The South American Common Toad or Sapo Crestado (Bufo margaritifer) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and heavily degraded former forest.

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• Solís, F., Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Fuenmayor, Q., Silvano, D., Coloma, L.A., La Marca, E., Ron, S. & Hoogmoed, M. 2004. Bufo margaritifer. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.