Spiny toad
| Spiny toad | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. spinosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bufo spinosus Daudin, 1803
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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).[2][3] There is an isolated population in Jersey in the Channel Islands which may be a distinct species, the Jersey Toad.[4][5] 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.[2]
Diet
[edit | edit source]These toads feed on a number of invertebrates from earthworms to insects and woodlice.[3]
Description
[edit | edit source]Adult males measure 58.6–112 mm (2.3–4.4 in) and adult females 65–180 mm (2.6–7.1 in) in snout–vent length.[3]
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Jersey toad
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| Spiny Crapaud (Jersey toad) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. ?
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| Binomial name | |
| Bufo ? | |
The Jersey Toad (locally known as the crapaud) is a debated species of toad endemic to the isle of Jersey, in the genus Bufo. Previously the Jersey toads were thought to be a population of Bufo bufo, however they were later found to be Bufo spinosus - this has later been called into question suggesting that the Jersey population could be a distinct species[7][8] within the Bufo genus, though this is still heavily debated, and thus the current consensus suggests the population consists of the spiny toad, Bufo spinosus.[9][10][11]
The Jersey toad would only be listed as an endangered species EN if a paper fully described it as a distinct species, otherwise it would be considered a locally endangered population of spiny toad (Bufo spinosus) and would be marked as least concern LC.
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