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Japanese Common Toad
Bufo japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1838
Also calledNihon Hikigaeru (jpn)
First described in: Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1838). Fauna Japonica sive Descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japonianum, jussu et auspiciis superiorum, qui summum in India Batava Imperium tenent, suscepto, annis 1823–1830 colleget, notis observationibus et adumbrationibus illustratis. Volume 3 (Chelonia, Ophidia, Sauria, Batrachia). <em>Leiden: J. G. Lalau.</em>
This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.
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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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Bufo japonicus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5217143.