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title: "Egyptian Toad"
description: "Sclerophrys regularis — Płazy. Sclerophrys regularis, commonly known as the African common toad, square-marked toad, African toad, Egyptian toad, African bouncing toad (due to the bouncing motion) and Reuss's toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/egyptian-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Egyptian Toad

> Sclerophrys regularis — Płazy. Sclerophrys regularis, commonly known as the African common toad, square-marked toad, African toad, Egyptian toad, African bouncing toad (due to the bouncing motion) and Reuss's toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

- Scientific name: *Sclerophrys regularis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 937
- Wikidata: [Q28933022](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28933022)
- iNaturalist taxon: [517048](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/517048)

## Names

- en: Egyptian Toad
- de: Pantherkröte
- fr: Crapaud commun d'Afrique

## Countries with the most observations

NG (42), CV (32), EG (29), SN (22), GM (18), CI (15), CM (13), GW (13), GH (11), GN (11), QA (11), BJ (9)

## Summary

Sclerophrys regularis, commonly known as the African common toad, square-marked toad, African toad, Egyptian toad, African bouncing toad (due to the bouncing motion) and Reuss's toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found widely in the Subsaharan Africa, with its range extending to the oases in Algeria and Libya as well as to northern Nilotic Egypt. Specifically, it is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Francesco Cecere · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37718252

## Machine access

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