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title: "Xinjiang toad"
description: "Bufotes pewzowi — Anfíbios. Bufotes pewzowi is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/xinjiang-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Xinjiang toad

> Bufotes pewzowi — Anfíbios. Bufotes pewzowi is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

- Scientific name: *Bufotes pewzowi*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfíbios)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montanhas), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 505
- Wikidata: [Q22235741](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22235741)
- iNaturalist taxon: [135060](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/135060)

## Names

- en: Xinjiang toad
- de: Xinjiang-Kröte

## Countries with the most observations

KZ (109), UZ (102), KG (99), CN (85), MN (10), TJ (7), RU (4)

## Summary

Bufotes pewzowi is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in dry plains of Central Asia, the foothills and mountains of Tian Shan, Zhungar Alatau and Pamir Mountains (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan), the mountains and deserts of Western China and Mongolia, and probably westward to northern Afghanistan and north to Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan and northeast Altai Republic in Russia. The specific name pewzowi honours Mikhail Pevtsov, a Russian geographer, cartographer, and explorer. Common names include Xinjiang toad and Pewzow's toad; when subspecies B. p. strauchi is recognized,…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Алексей Ябс · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216607705

## Machine access

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