The spiny toad, spiny common toad, or giant toad (Bufo spinosus) is a species of toad native to the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, extreme northwestern Italy, and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia).[2][3] There is an isolated population in Jersey in the Channel Islands which may be a distinct species, the Jersey Toad.[4][5] For much of the 20th century, it was considered either a synonym or a subspecies of common toadBufo bufo, but it is now classified as a separate species.[2]
The Jersey Toad (locally known as the crapaud) is a debated species of toadendemic to the isle of Jersey, in the genusBufo. Previously the Jersey toads were thought to be a population of Bufo bufo, however they were later found to be Bufo spinosus - this has later been called into question suggesting that the Jersey population could be a distinct species[7][8] within the Bufo genus, though this is still heavily debated, and thus the current consensus suggests the population consists of the spiny toad, Bufo spinosus.[9][10][11]
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