Japanese Common Toad
Bufo formosus
Photo: Daiju Azuma / CC BY-SA 2.5 / Wikimedia Commons
The Japanese common toad is a stout, warty large frog that lives in woods and grassland and gathers at water in early spring to breed, laying eggs in long strings. At Kishi in Yamakita, Kanagawa, many gather each year to spawn, and the gathering site is designated a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Bufo formosus
- Group
- Amphibians
- Prefectures
- Kanagawa
- 日本語
- ヒキガエル
- 简体中文
- 日本蟾蜍
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The Japanese Common Toad is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kanagawa.
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