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Taiwan Common Toad

Bufo bankorensis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Taiwan.January 257, February 321, March 409, April 771, May 502, June 407, July 327, August 316, September 233, October 310, November 352, December 239.
Taiwan4,444
China4,401
Taiwan Province4,401
Taipei919
Nantou County610
New Taipei584
Yilan County502
Hualien County365
Taichung309
Chiayi County300

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyTrue Toads · Bufonidae
GenusOld World Toads · Bufo

Sources

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Practise Taiwan Common Toad with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.