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Bufo verrucosissimus

Taxon: Bufo verrucosissimus
Author: David Tarkhnishvili
Comment: 7 June, Ajaristskali valley
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Scientific Name ID: 121
Name According To: https://amphibiaweb.org/; www.biodiversity-georgia.net
Species: verrucosissimus
Taxon Rank: Species
Scientific Name Authorship: Orlova & Tuniev, 1989
Vernacular Name: Caucasian toad
Georgian Name: კავკასიური გომბეშო
GBD Remarks:

A representative of wide-spread northern Eurasian superspecies Bufo bufo, with a range limited and isolated in the Caucasus. Morphologically and ecologically similar to B. b. spinosus from Iberian peninsula (W. Boehme, pers. com.). Disputed taxon, may be a synonym of B. bufo


Page Authors: David Tarkhnishvili ,
Reference of occurrence in Georgia: D. Tarkhnishvili & R. Gokhelashvili, 1999. The Amphibians of the Caucasus. Pensoft, Sofia.


Conservation Status

This section is under construction


National Red List Status of have not been evaluated