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title: "African Red Toad"
description: "Schismaderma carens — Amphibians. The African red toad (Schismaderma carens), or African split-skin toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/african-red-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Red Toad

> Schismaderma carens — Amphibians. The African red toad (Schismaderma carens), or African split-skin toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

- Scientific name: *Schismaderma carens*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `urban` (Towns & gardens), `farm` (Farm), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 3383
- Wikidata: [Q2276086](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2276086)
- iNaturalist taxon: [21861](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/21861)

## Names

- en: African Red Toad
- de: Rote Kröte
- es: Sapo rojo africano
- pl: Ropucha czerwona

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2633), ZW (193), ZM (131), MZ (97), SZ (62), BW (38), MW (28), NA (23), TZ (21), CD (16), AO (3)

## Summary

The African red toad (Schismaderma carens), or African split-skin toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is the only species of the monotypic genus Schismaderma.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Lesotho.
Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, urban areas…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_red_toad

## Photo

![African Red Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-red-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9668418

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-red-toad?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).