| African Common Toad | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Amietophrynus |
| Species: | A. gutturalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Amietophrynus gutturalis Power, 1927 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bufo gutturalis |
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The African Common Toad or Guttural 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, Ethiopia, 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.
As said in its name, the African Common toad is very common. It is spreading through Southern Africa as its population increases. They can live in a variety of environments, and are very adaptable. They have no major predators and do not suffer much from habitat loss.