Phrynoidis asper | |
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An Asian giant toad from Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Bufonidae |
Genus: | Phrynoidis |
Species: | P. asper
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Binomial name | |
Phrynoidis asper (Gravenhorst, 1829)
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Synonyms | |
Bufo asper Gravenhorst, 1829 |
The Asian giant toad (Phrynoidis asper), sometimes referred to as the river toad, is a species of true toad native to Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sundas.[2] It is a medium-large toad, but it is easily confused with its larger relative, the giant river toad (P. juxtasper).[3]