African Common Toad

Sclerophrys gutturalis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Cordats)
ClassAmphibia (Amfibis)
OrderAnura (Anurs)
FamilyBufonidae (Bufònids)
GenusSclerophrys (African Toads)
SpeciesSclerophrys gutturalis (African Common Toad)

Insufficient data

overall probability at Lake Manyara National Park

3 Verified records at Lake Manyara National Park

☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

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. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Lake Manyara National Park

Hemisus marmoratus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of African Common Toad at Lake Manyara National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
2	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
3	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	5–10%
4	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5–10%
5	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	<5%
6	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
7	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	Insufficient data
8	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
9	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	Insufficient data
10	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
11	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
12	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
13	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	Insufficient data
14	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	Insufficient data
15	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
16	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
17	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
18	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
19	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	Insufficient data
20	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	Insufficient data
21	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	Insufficient data
22	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data
23	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

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