| Arabian Toad | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. arabicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bufo arabicus Heyden, 1827 |
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| Synonyms | |
| Bufo hadramautinus Cherchi, 1963 | |
The Arabian Toad (Bufo arabicus) is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family. It is found in Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater springs, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, and irrigated land.
Only nine species of amphibians have been found on the Arabian Peninsula.[1]