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Japanese common toad

Japanese common toad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
Species:
B. japonicus
Binomial name
Bufo japonicus
Synonyms
  • Bufo praetextatus Boie, 1826

The Japanese common toad, Japanese warty toad or Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus)[2] is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Japan. Its natural habitats are subarctic forests, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, and irrigated land. Amplexus is the mating behaviour involved in the Japanese common toad during the breeding season.[3]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Bufo japonicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T54673A177177294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T54673A177177294.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Herpetological Society of Japan (2024-03-11). "日本産爬虫両生類標準和名リスト 日本爬虫両棲類学会 (List of Japanese names of reptiles and amphibians in Japan)". herpetology.jp. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
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