True Toads
Bufonidae
A true toad is any member of the family Bufonidae, in the order Anura (frogs and toads). This is the only family of anurans in which all members are known as toads, although some may be called frogs (such as harlequin frogs). The bufonids now comprise more than 35 genera, Bufo being the most widespread and well known.
57 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 656 known species
North American Toads
genusAnaxyrus
Old World Toads
genusBufo
Beaked Toads
genusRhinella
Central American Toads
genusIncilius
Asian Toads
genusDuttaphrynus
African Toads
genusSclerophrys
Eurasian Green Toads
genusBufotes
Epidalea
genusEpidalea
Neotropical Smooth Toads
genusRhaebo
Red Toads
genusSchismaderma
Ingerophrynus
genusIngerophrynus
Rough Toads
genusPhrynoidis
Harlequin Toads
genusAtelopus
Firouz's Toads
genusFirouzophrynus
Southern Toads
genusVandijkophrynus
Stream Toads
genusAnsonia
South American redbelly toads
genusMelanophryniscus
Siberian Toads
genusStrauchbufo
Indonesia Tree Toads
genusLeptophryne
Pygmy Toads
genusPoyntonophrynus
Caribbean Toads
genusPeltophryne
Dwarf Toads
genusPelophryne
Amazon Tree Toads
genusAmazophrynella
Plump Toads
genusOsornophryne
Dendrophryniscus
genusDendrophryniscus
Mountain Toadlets
genusCapensibufo
Pedostibes
genusPedostibes
Forest Toads
genusMertensophryne
Nannophryne
genusNannophryne
Pseudobufo
genusPseudobufo
Lateritic Toads
genusBeduka
Blaira
genusBlaira
Barbarophryne
genusBarbarophryne
Sri Lankan Dwarf Toads
genusAdenomus
Rentapia
genusRentapia
Bush Toads
genusOreophrynella
Viviparous Toads
genusNectophrynoides
African Tree Toads
genusNectophryne
Adhaerobufo
genusAdhaerobufo
Frostius
genusFrostius
Torrent Toads
genusWerneria
Forest Tree Toads
genusWolterstorffina
Parapelophryne
genusParapelophryne
Blythophryne
genusBlythophryne
Sabahphrynus
genusSabahphrynus
Nimba Toads
genusNimbaphrynoides
Puppet Toads
genusSigalegalephrynus
Hills Toads
genusBufoides
Laurentophryne
genusLaurentophryne
Old World Toads × Eurasian Green Toads
genushybridBufo × Bufotes
Kenyaphrynoides
genusKenyaphrynoides
Ethiopian Toads
genusAltiphrynoides
Four-digit Toads
genusDidynamipus
Metallic Toads
genusChuramiti
Truebella
genusTruebella
Metaphryniscus
genusMetaphryniscus
Scortecci's Toad
speciesBufo scorteccii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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