Jersey Toad
| Jersey Toad/Crapaud | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Family: | Bufonidae |
| Genus: | Bufo |
| Species: | B. (¿spinosus)
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| Binomial name | |
| Bufo (¿spinosus) | |
The Jersey Toad (sometimes called the crapaud is a supposed species of toad in the genus Bufo. Previously the Jersey toads were thought to be 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[1] within the Bufo genus, though this is still heavily debated, and thus the current consensus suggests the population consists of the Spiny Toad[2]Bufo spinosus.
Conservation status
The Jersey toad would only be listed as an endangered species EN if a paper fully described it as a distinct species, otherwise it would be considered a locally endangered population of spiny toad (Bufo spinosus) and would be marked as least concern LC.
References
Conservation genetics of an island toad: Bufo bufo in Jersey
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