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Balearic green toad

Species of amphibian

Species of amphibian

Bufo variabilis var. balearica Boettger, 1880

Bufo viridis balearicus Boettger, 1880

Pseudepidalea balearica (Boettger, 1880)

The Balearic green toad (Bufotes balearicus) is a species of anuran, a toad, belonging to the true toad family, Bufonidae, from Italy and islands in the western Mediterranean Sea. It is mostly a lowland species, but can be found as high as 1300 m asl in central Italy.

Distribution

The Balearic green toad, in spite of the name, this species is native to Italy (where it is present on all territories except for the extreme north-east, south-east and south-west) and Corsica. It was probably introduced to the Balearic Islands in prehistoric times, where it is common but declining. Its formerly extended into Switzerland and there have been (so far) unsuccessful reintroduction attempts in that country. Its range meets that of the similar and closely related European green toad (B. viridis) in far northeastern Italy and that of the Sicilian green toad (B. boulengeri siculus) in easternmost Sicily. This species appears to have been introduced, either accidentally or deliberately, to the Balearic Islands from Sardinia and Corsica, probably in the Bronze Age.

Taxonomy and appearance

References

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2020). "''Bufotes balearicus''".
  2. Hemmer, Helmut. (1981). "The Balearic toad (''Bufo viridis balearicus'' (BOETTGER, 1881)), human bronze age culture, and Mediterranean biogeography". Amphibia-Reptilia.
  3. Dufresnes, C.. (2019). "Amphibians of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East: A Photographic Guide". Bloomsbury Publishing.
  4. (2019). "Fifteen shades of green: The evolution of Bufotes toads revisited". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
  5. Helmut Hemmer. (1981). "The Balearic toad (''Bufo viridis balearicus'') (BOETTGER, 1881)), human bronze age culture, and Mediterranean biogeography". Amphibia-Reptilia.
  6. Dr. O. Boettger. (1880). "6. Neue Krötenvarietät von den Balearen". Zoologischer Anzeiger.
  7. (2008). "Post-Messinian evolutionary relationships across the Sicilian channel: Mitochondrial and nuclear markers link a new green toad from Sicily to African relatives". BMC Evolutionary Biology.
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