South American Common Toad

South American Common Toad
South American Common Toad
Conservation status
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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