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title: "Sand Toad"
description: "Vandijkophrynus angusticeps — Amphibians. The sand toad, Cape sand toad, common Cape toad, or narrow-headed toad (Vandijkophrynus angusticeps) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae (true toads)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/sand-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sand Toad

> Vandijkophrynus angusticeps — Amphibians. The sand toad, Cape sand toad, common Cape toad, or narrow-headed toad (Vandijkophrynus angusticeps) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae (true toads).

- Scientific name: *Vandijkophrynus angusticeps*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 613
- Wikidata: [Q1390756](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1390756)
- iNaturalist taxon: [67258](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/67258)

## Names

- en: Sand Toad
- de: Afrikanische Sandkröte
- nl: Sand Toad

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (584)

## Summary

The sand toad, Cape sand toad, common Cape toad, or narrow-headed toad (Vandijkophrynus angusticeps) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae (true toads). It is endemic to South Africa and found in southwestern and southern part of Western Cape Province to extreme southwestern Eastern Cape Province, from Nieuwoudtville in the west to Humansdorp in the east, along the coastal flats and Cape Fold Mountains from the sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) asl.

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

## Photo

![Sand Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sand-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/55960798

## Machine access

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