Wildlifeof India
Asiatic Toad
Toads
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Bufo gargarizans
Basic stats
Range
East Asia; first recorded in India in the Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh
The Asiatic toad or Chusan Island toad (Bufo gargarizans) is a toad of East Asia. Its range runs across the Russian Far East, central, northern and north-eastern China, North Korea and Japan, and it lives in a wide range of habitats including forests, meadows and cultivated land (Wikipedia, general species account).
It was not known from India until surveys in 2014-15 in the Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh, near the border with China, turned up specimens identified as this species, the first distribution record for India (Journal of Threatened Taxa).
Quick answers
- Where is the Asiatic Toad found?
- East Asia; first recorded in India in the Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh