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Egyptian toad

Sclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads

The egyptian toad (Sclerophrys regularis) is a species in the family Bufonidae, order Anura. Recorded adults weigh about 104 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the egyptian toad

Weight
104 gsrc for Weight
Length
up to 13 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
arthropodssrc for Main food
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
9,000 – 13,000src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

What eats the egyptian toad?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the egyptian toad

1 on record

  1. Green tree snake Philothamnus irregularis3 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records
  • Broadley, D.G. 1966. Herpeology of south-east Africa. Unpublished Dissertation, Department of Zoology, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
  • https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301274953
  • Revision of five African snake genera. 1958. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 1-198

Where does the egyptian toad live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the egyptian toad as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ghana

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

What is the egyptian toad?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Uganda.

From the Wikipedia article “Sclerophrys regularis” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sclerophrys_regularis&oldid=1315199801), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the egyptian toad endangered?

The egyptian toad is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the egyptian toad classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAmphibia
  4. orderAnura
  5. familyBufonidae
  6. genusSclerophrys
  7. SpeciesSclerophrys regularis (Reuss, 1833)

Synonyms Amietophrynus regularis, Bufo amoenus, Bufo buccinator, Bufo guineensis, Bufo neglectus, Bufo nubicus, Bufo regularis, Bufo regularis regularis, Bufo sauvagei, Rana mosaica

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • African common toadEnglish
  • Square marked toadEnglish
  • ropucha levhartíCzech
  • PantherkröteGerman
  • Crapaud commun d'AfriqueFrench
  • קרפדת אדוםHebrew
  • エジプトヒキガエルJapanese
  • 아프리카두꺼비Korean
  • PanterpadDutch
  • Ropucha panterowataPolish
  • Пантеровая жабаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the egyptian toad

Other species in the same genus Sclerophrys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the egyptian toad?

An adult egyptian toad weighs 104 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the egyptian toad endangered?

The egyptian toad is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What does the egyptian toad eat?

Its recorded main food is arthropods.

Is the egyptian toad an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the egyptian toad as introduced in 1 country: Ghana, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the egyptian toad?

The egyptian toad (Sclerophrys regularis) belongs to the family Bufonidae in the order Anura.

What eats the egyptian toad?

Animals recorded preying on the egyptian toad include green tree snake. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

  • AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
    Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5
  • Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
    Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
  • Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
    Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference.
  • Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
    Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
  • Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
  • Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
    Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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BibTeX
@misc{egyptian_toad_2026,
  title = {Egyptian toad (Sclerophrys regularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/egyptian-toad},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}