Sclerophrys gutturalis (Power, 1927)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Sclerophrys gutturalis, the African common toad or guttural toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Africa in a region stretching from Kenya west to Angola and south to South Africa. This includes southern Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats include forest, savanna and wetland areas. In particular, subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.
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Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sclerophrys gutturalis (Power, 1927)
- Name authority
- (Power, 1927)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Sclerophrys
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyBufonidae Gray, 1825
- genusSclerophrys Tschudi, 1838
- speciesSclerophrys gutturalis (Power, 1927)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sclerophrys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Sclerophrys brauni (Nieden, 1911) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys buchneri (Peters, 1882) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys channingi (Barej, Schmitz, Menegon, Hillers, Hinkel, Böhme & Rödel, 2011) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys djohongensis (Hulselmans, 1977) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys funerea (Barboza du Bocage, 1866) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys gracilipes (Boulenger, 1899) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys kassasii (Baha El Din, 1993) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys kerinyagae (Keith, 1968) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys kisoloensis (Loveridge, 1932) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys langanoensis (Largen, Tandy & Tandy, 1978) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys latifrons (Boulenger, 1900) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sclerophrys lemairii (Boulenger, 1901) | BufonidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Bufo regularis ngamiensis FitzSimons, 1932 FitzSimons, 1932 | synonym |
| Amietophrynus gutturalis (Power, 1927) (Power, 1927) | synonym |
| Bufo regularis gutturalis Power, 1927 Power, 1927 | synonym |
| Bufo ngamiensis FitzSimons, 1932 FitzSimons, 1932 | synonym |
| Bufo gutturalis Power, 1927 Power, 1927 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1103383 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4VQ8M. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.