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Sclerophrys kassasii (Baha El Din, 1993)
Bufo kassasii Baha El Din, 1993, J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr., 42: 24. Holotype: BMNH 1992.207, by original designation. Type locality: "2 km east of Damietta, 31° 25′ N, 31° 49′ E (3131Db), Nile Delta, Egypt".
Amietophrynus kassasii — Frost, Grant, Faivovich, Bain, Haas, Haddad, de Sá, Channing, Wilkinson, Donnellan, Raxworthy, Campbell, Blotto, Moler, Drewes, Nussbaum, Lynch, Green, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 297: 363.
Sclerophrys kassasi — Ohler and Dubois, 2016, PeerJ, 4(e1553): 9.
Common Names
Damietta Toad (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 42).
Nile Valley Toad (Baha El Din, 2006, Guide Rept. Amph. Egypt: 31).
Kassasi's Toad (Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 68).
Distribution
Known from the vicinity of Luxor north in the Nile Valley, including the Delta and the Fayum Depression, Egypt.
Geographic Occurrence
Natural Resident: Egypt
Endemic: Egypt
Comment
Formerly confused with Bufo vittatus. Distinguished from sympatric Bufo regularis in the Fayum of Egypt by Tawfik, Akef, Abdel-Mageid, and Eisa, 1996, J. Afr. Zool., 110: 7-13. Baha El Din, 2006, Guide Rept. Amph. Egypt: 31-33, provided an account for Egypt and noted that the relationship with Amietophrynus steindachneri requires elucidation. See detailed account for Egypt by Escoriza and Ben Hassine, 2019, Amph. N. Afr.: 236–238. Channing and Rödel, 2019, Field Guide Frogs & Other Amph. Afr.: 68–69, provided a brief account, photograph, and range map. See Dufresnes, 2019, Amph. Eur., N. Afr., & Middle East: 84, for brief summary of identifying morphology and biology, a range map, as well as a photograph. See comments on distribution and population status by Ibrahim, 2013, Basic & Appl. Herpetol., 27: 108. Spawls, Mazuch, and Mohammad, 2023, Handb. Amph. Rept. NE Afr.: 39–40, provided an account addressing identification, natural history, conservation status, and range in Egypt, including a polygon map.
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