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Fig. 22. Distribution of Bufo viridis. 



During the breeding season, green toads are aquatic and 

 active by day. The eggs are arranged in two strings. The 

 tadpole reaches 62 mm total length and measures 15-20 mm SVL at 

 the time of metamorphosis. In Libya, tadpoles have been 

 observed making cup depressions at the bottom of pools. 



Distribution 



Morocco, north of western Sahara, Algeria, Tunisia, and 

 Libya (Fig. 22) . 



Bibliography 



Angel (1944), Angel and Lhote 

 (1988), Boulenger (1891), Doumergue 

 Lopez Jurado (1990), Grover (1971), 

 (1929), Pasteur and Eons (1959), 

 Scortecci (1936), Schleich (1987), 



(1938), Blanc and Nouira 

 (1901), Garcia Paris and 

 Hoogmoed (1972), Mertens 

 Pellegrin (1927, 1934), 

 Schnurrenberger (1962), 



Stemmler and Hotz (1972), Werner (1914), Zavattari (1934). 



Bufo xeros Tandy, Tandy and Duff-MacKay, 1976 Figs. 6e, 23-24) 



Bufo regularis : Scortecci, 1936:143. 



Bufo xeros Tandy, Tandy and Duf f -Maclcay, 1976. Pearce-Sellards 



Ser., Texas Mem. Mus . , 24: 3. 



Diagnosis 



Toad with elongated, narrow and diverging paratoid glands. 

 Tympanum relatively large and rounded. Tarsal fold present. 

 Subarticular tubercles single. Yellowish brown colour with 

 reddish spots in the posterior femoral region. Six pairs of 

 dark, nearly rectangular spots on the nead and dorsum. 



Size 



Snout-vent lengths to 82 mm in males and 97 mm in females. 



