#1971 · 🐸 amphibians

Taiwan Common Toad

Bufo bankorensis

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © skink · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © K.C. Hung · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © K.C. Hung · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Liu JimFood · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Liu JimFood · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 336台灣桃園市復興區:© Carson Yang · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Miaoli County, Taiwan:© jamesmifan · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hsinchu County, Taiwan:© jamesmifan · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 台灣台北:© Max Hsieh(雁子) · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Yuzhang Road, Fuli Township, Hualien County, Taiwan 983:© Evan Centanni · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Bufo bankorensis (vernacular names: Central Formosa toad , Bankor toad ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Taiwan and widely distributed at elevations up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above sea level. There has been doubts about its separatedness from Bufo gargarizans from China and even other species, but it is currently considered a valid species.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,772iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,772 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Barbour in 1908 (118 years ago).