Sclerophrys gutturalis
Silhouette: Michael Scroggie, from original photograph by Gary M. Stolz, USFWS (original photograph in public domain). · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Common Toad sighting in Kruger National Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 18th most-seen of the 28 amphibians we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January–April and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Common Toad in Kruger National Park on a given day, against under 5% in May–October and December, the lowest months. Those are among Kruger National Park's wettest months, with about 60 mm of rain a month against almost none in August.
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.
3rd of 4
Of the 4 parks where we can rate African Common Toad sightings, Kruger National Park ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa, about 20%) and Masai Mara National Reserve (Kenya, about 10%).
Same genus: Sclerophrys
The closest relatives of the African Common Toad that you can see in Kruger National Park (genus Sclerophrys, African Toads) are Garman's Toad (about 20%) and Eastern Flat-backed Toad (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Common Toad is recorded against all the amphibians logged in Kruger National Park (20 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
