Karoo Toad

Taxobox
name = Karoo Toad


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Amphibia
ordo = Anura
familia = Bufonidae
genus = "Bufo"
species = "B. gariepensis"
binomial = "Bufo gariepensis"
binomial_authority = Smith, 1848
synonyms = The Karoo Toad ("Bufo gariepensis") is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is found in Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, and canals and ditches.

References

* Minter, L., Channing, A. &Tandy, M. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/54648/all Bufo gariepensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 21 July 2007.