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Bufo praetextatus
Bufo praetextatus Boie, 1826
This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.
- Also published as
- Bufo bufo formosus Boulenger, 1883; Bufo bufo hokkaidoensis Okada, 1928; Bufo bufo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1838; Bufo bufo montanus Okada, 1937; Bufo bufo yakushimensis Okada, 1928; Bufo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1838; Bufo japonicus hokkaidoensis Okada, 1928; Bufo japonicus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1838; Bufo japonicus montanus Okada, 1937; Bufo japonicus yakushimensis Okada, 1928; Bufo smithi Okada, 1931; Bufo vulgaris formosus Boulenger, 1883
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Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.