Sclerophrys mauritanica
In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The Berber toad, also known as Mauritanian toad, Moroccan toad, pantherine toad or Moorish toad (Sclerophrys mauritanica), is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae, which is found in north-western Africa, with an introduced population in southern Spain.
The Berber toad is a large toad, reaching 13–15 cm in body length. The upperparts are beige to olive with large orange or red spots. The underparts are white with small grey spots. It can be found in various colors depending on the locality, ranging from shades and patches of brown, reddish-brown, olive, orange, and even a plain sandy color.
The Berber toad is found in north western Africa, occurring in Morocco eastwards through Algeria into Tunisia, and south to the northernmost part of Western Sahara, although this has yet to be confirmed. An introduced population is also present in Spain close to Los Alcornocales Natural Park in the vicinity of Algeciras.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry cork oak forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, plantations and urban areas... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Marrakesh | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Mauritanian Toad sighting in Marrakesh on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and December
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Mauritanian Toad in Marrakesh on a given day, against under 5% in January–March and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Mauritanian Toad sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is seen both by day and at night.
Only Marrakesh, in our data
Marrakesh is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Mauritanian Toad sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Mauritanian Toad is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Marrakesh (7 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.
