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title: "Dry Forest Toad"
description: "Incilius coccifer — Amfibieën. Incilius coccifer (common name: southern round-gland toad or southern roundgland toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/dry-forest-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dry Forest Toad

> Incilius coccifer — Amfibieën. Incilius coccifer (common name: southern round-gland toad or southern roundgland toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

- Scientific name: *Incilius coccifer*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `farm` (Boerderij)
- iNaturalist observations: 665
- Wikidata: [Q22027967](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22027967)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65834](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65834)

## Names

- en: Dry Forest Toad
- es: Sapo chiquito

## Countries with the most observations

CR (310), NI (66), HN (32), SV (31), GT (7), MX (3)

## Summary

Incilius coccifer (common name: southern round-gland toad or southern roundgland toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in southern Mexico and southeastward in the Central America through Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua to northwestern Costa Rica. Several species that were formerly included in this species have been named as distinct species: Incilius porteri, Incilius ibarrai, Incilius pisinnus, and Incilius signifer. Its natural habitats are lowland dry and moist forests, and it occurs also in disturbed areas such as pastures, roadside ditches, gardens, and vacant lots in…

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

## Photo

![Dry Forest Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dry-forest-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140939892

## Machine access

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