Raucous toad

Raucous toad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Sclerophrys
Species:
S. capensis
Binomial name
Sclerophrys capensis
Tschudi, 1838
Synonyms[2]
  • Bufo regularis rangeri Hewitt, 1935
  • Bufo rangeri – Poynton, 1964
  • Amietophrynus rangeri – Frost et al., 2006

The raucous toad (Sclerophrys capensis),[3] also known as Ranger's toad, is a species of toad from Southern Africa.[2][4]

Dorsal aspect. Probable mature female.
  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2016). "Sclerophrys capensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T54745A107344517. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T54745A107344517.en. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Ohler, Annemarie; Dubois, Alain (2016). "The identity of the South African toad Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura)". PeerJ. 4: e1553. doi:10.7717/peerj.1553. PMC 4715445. PMID 26788431.
  4. ^ Du Preez, L. H., Carruthers, Vincent; A complete guide to the frogs of southern Africa. Pub: Cape Town, South Africa : Struik Nature, 2009 ISBN 978-1-77007-446-0