Karoo Toad

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Karoo Toad
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae Genus: Bufo Species: B. gariepensis
Binomial name
Bufo gariepensis Smith, 1848

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.

[edit] Source

• Minter, L., Channing, A. &Tandy, M. 2004. Bufo gariepensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 July 2007.