#1989 · 🐸 amphibians
Raucous Toad
🇳🇱 Schorre pad ·Sclerophrys capensis
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what is it?
The raucous toad ( Sclerophrys capensis ), also known as Ranger's toad , is a species of toad from Southern Africa.
base stats
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.
- 6,017 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Jakob von Tschudi in 1838 (188 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Raucous Toad
- Nederlands
- Schorre pad
- scientific name
- Sclerophrys capensis
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Bufonidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,017
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1838 by Johann Jakob von Tschudi
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Bufonidae
#1835 📷 10European Toad
🇳🇱 Gewone Pad
Bufo bufo
LC 👀 2k in NL
#1838 📷 10Natterjack Toad
🇳🇱 Rugstreeppad
Epidalea calamita
LC 👀 410 in NL
#1856 📷 10American Toad
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse pad
Anaxyrus americanus
LC 🌍 238.6k seen
#1915 📷 10Fowler's Toad
🇳🇱 Fowlerpad
Anaxyrus fowleri
LC 🌍 55.4k seen
#1916 📷 10Gulf Coast Toad
Incilius nebulifer
LC 🌍 52.8k seen
#1917 📷 10Western Toad
🇳🇱 Noordelijke pad
Anaxyrus boreas
LC 🌍 49.2k seen
#1920 📷 7Asian Common Toad
🇳🇱 Lijstenpad
Duttaphrynus melanostictus
LC 🌍 44.1k seen
#1925 📷 10Southern Toad
🇳🇱 Zuidelijke pad
Anaxyrus terrestris
LC 🌍 36.7k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 517132, Wikidata Q25916769, GBIF 9114626, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.