Asian toad

Weight

122.3 g

Length

up to 16 cm

Lifespan

up to 4 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Reproduction

Eggs

Active

At night (nocturnal)

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAmphibia
4. orderAnura
5. familyBufonidae
6. genusDuttaphrynus
7. SpeciesDuttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799)

Synonyms Ansonia kamblei, Bufo bengalensis, Bufo camortensis, Bufo carinatus, Bufo chlorogaster, Bufo dubius, Bufo flaviventris, Bufo gymnauchen, Bufo isos, Bufo longecristatus, Bufo melanostictus, Bufo melanostictus hazarensis, Bufo melanostictus melanostictus, Bufo melanosticus, Bufo spinipes, Bufo tienhoensis, Docidophryne isos, Docidophryne melanostictus, Docidophryne spinipes, Duttaphrynus bengalensis, Phrynoidis melanostictus, Rana dubia, Rana melanosticta

Catalogue of Life

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• Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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• Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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@misc{asian_toad_2026,
  title = {Asian toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/asian-toad},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}