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title: "Keelpad"
description: "Sclerophrys gutturalis — Amfibieën. Sclerophrys gutturalis, the African common toad or guttural toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/guttural-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Keelpad

> Sclerophrys gutturalis — Amfibieën. Sclerophrys gutturalis, the African common toad or guttural toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

- Scientific name: *Sclerophrys gutturalis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 4489
- Wikidata: [Q28929960](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28929960)
- iNaturalist taxon: [517053](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/517053)

## Names

- en: Guttural Toad
- de: Südliche Pantherkröte
- es: Sapo Común Africano
- fr: Crapaud guttural
- nl: Keelpad

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (2157), RE (461), MU (373), MW (117), KE (115), ZM (91), ZW (89), TZ (87), MZ (85), SZ (40), AO (27), RW (26)

## Summary

Sclerophrys gutturalis, the African common toad or guttural toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Africa in a region stretching from Kenya west to Angola and south to South Africa. This includes southern  Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats include forest, savanna and wetland areas. In particular, subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane…

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

## Photo

![Keelpad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/guttural-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/189869995

## Machine access

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