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Western Common Toad

Bufo spinosus

Classification

Order
Anura
Family
Bufonidae

The spiny toad, spiny common toad, or giant toad (Bufo spinosus) is a species of toad native to the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, extreme northwestern Italy, and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), with an isolated population in Jersey in the Channel Islands. For much of the 20th century, it was considered either a synonym or a subspecies of common toad Bufo bufo, but it is now classified as a separate species. Description Adult males measure 58.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 27,460Spain · 10,407Italy · 51United Kingdom · 5Germany · 3