Sclerophrys gutturalis
Silhouette: Michael Scroggie, from original photograph by Gary M. Stolz, USFWS (original photograph in public domain). · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Sclerophrys gutturalis, the African common toad or guttural toad, is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Africa in a region stretching from Kenya west to Angola and south to South Africa. This includes southern Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats include forest, savanna and wetland areas. In particular, subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and canals and ditches.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Masai Mara National Reserve | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Kyiv Zoo | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report an African Common Toad sighting in Johannesburg on a given day, based on 36 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 3rd most-seen of the 6 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December and January
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report an African Common Toad in Johannesburg on a given day, against under 5% in May to July, the lowest months. Those are among Johannesburg's wettest months, with about 120 mm of rain a month against almost none in July.
Between 6 and 9 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most African Common Toad sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.
6th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate African Common Toad sightings, Johannesburg ranks 6th at about 20%. The best odds are in Lilongwe (Malawi, about 50%), Pretoria (South Africa, about 30%) and Lusaka (Zambia, about 30%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Common Toad is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Johannesburg (36 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
