African Split-skin Toad
African Split-skin ToadAfrican Split-skin ToadAfrican Split-skin ToadAfrican Split-skin Toad

African Split-skin Toad

Schismaderma carens

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Mana Pools National Park
2 Verified records at Mana Pools National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The African red toad (Schismaderma carens), or African split-skin toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is the only species of the monotypic genus Schismaderma. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Lesotho. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, canals and ditches, and man-made karsts. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Mana Pools National Park

Garman's Toad
LC

Garman's Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Sclerophrys garmani

Insufficient data
Grey Foam-nest Treefrog
LC

Grey Foam-nest Treefrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Chiromantis xerampelina

40–50% · Likely
Anchieta's Ridged Frog
LC

Anchieta's Ridged Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena anchietae

Insufficient data
Giant bullfrog
LC

Giant bullfrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Pyxicephalus adspersus

Insufficient data
Edible bullfrog
LC

Edible bullfrog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Pyxicephalus edulis

Insufficient data
Power's Rain Frog
LC

Power's Rain Frog

Amphibian

Breviceps poweri

Insufficient data
Shovel-nosed Frog
LC

Shovel-nosed Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Hemisus marmoratus

Insufficient data
Red-Banded Rubber Frog
LC

Red-Banded Rubber Frog

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Phrynomantis bifasciatus

Insufficient data
Sharp-nosed ridged frog
LC

Sharp-nosed ridged frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena oxyrhynchus

Insufficient data
Marbled sand frog
LC

Marbled sand frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Tomopterna marmorata

Insufficient data
Mozambique ridged frog
LC

Mozambique ridged frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Ptychadena mossambica

Insufficient data
Guinea Snout-burrower
LC

Guinea Snout-burrower

Amphibian

Hemisus guineensis

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of African Split-skin Toad at Mana Pools National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
30–40%
2 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
3 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
20–30%
4 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
5 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
6 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
7 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
Insufficient data
8 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
9 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
10 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
11 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Insufficient data
12 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
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