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Toads Midwife toad (Alytes obstetricans) (naturalised) [3] Yellow-bellied toad (Bombina variegata) — was naturalised but current status unknown. [4] Frogs Painted frog (Discoglossus pictus) — has bred at least once [5] Australian green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) — has bred at least once [citation needed]
Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects is a series of books produced by the Royal Entomological Society (RES). The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information.
The common toad, European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), in the western part of North Asia, and in a small portion of Northwest Africa.
Varying toad, Bufotes variabilis DD (currently not recognized, [5] [6] northern Europe, Greece, Caucasus region) African green toad, Bufotes boulengeri LC and: [n 1] Sicilian green toad, Bufotes (boulengeri) siculus LC (Sicilia, Favignana and Ustica) Cyprus green toad, Bufotes cypriensis [5] [6] Family: Hylidae (tree frogs and their allies)
The natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) is a toad native to sandy and heathland areas of Europe and the United Kingdom. Adults are 60–70 mm (2.4–2.8 in) in length, and are distinguished from common toads by a yellow line down the middle of the back and parallel paratoid glands .
Bufo is a genus of true toads in the amphibian family Bufonidae.As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus containing a large number of toads from much of the world but following taxonomic reviews most of these have been moved to other genera, leaving only seventeen extant species from Europe, northern Africa and Asia in this genus, including the well-known common toad (B. bufo). [1]
In most of Great Britain there is a temperate climate, with high levels of precipitation and medium levels of sunlight. Further northwards, the climate becomes colder and coniferous forests appear, replacing the largely deciduous forests of the south.
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