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title: "African Green Toad"
description: "Bufotes boulengeri — Anfibi. The African green toad (Bufotes boulengeri) is a species of toad found in North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, and on the Italian islands of Sicily, Favignana, Lampedusa and Ustica."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/african-green-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Green Toad

> Bufotes boulengeri — Anfibi. The African green toad (Bufotes boulengeri) is a species of toad found in North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, and on the Italian islands of Sicily, Favignana, Lampedusa and Ustica.

- Scientific name: *Bufotes boulengeri*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 925
- iNaturalist taxon: [992054](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/992054)

## Names

- en: African Green Toad
- de: Nordafrikanische Wechselkröte
- es: Sapo Norteafricano
- fr: Crapaud vert d'Afrique du Nord

## Countries with the most observations

MA (535), IT (163), TN (62), DZ (39), EH (27), EG (11), LY (11)

## Summary

The African green toad (Bufotes boulengeri) is a species of toad found in North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, and on the Italian islands of Sicily, Favignana, Lampedusa and Ustica. The populations on the Italian islands were described as a separate species, the Sicilian green toad (B. siculus), in 2008, but more recent authorities treat it as a subspecies of the African green toad because they are very closely related. Both were historically included in the European green toad (B. viridis) and all have been included in the genus Bufo. It was previously suggested that the African green toad might range east into Sinai…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Justin Philbois · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/168527091

## Machine access

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