Bufo viridis

Basic information
Scientific name	Bufo viridis	(No picture)
Major synonym	Pseudepidalea viridis
Common names	European Green Toad
Higher taxon	Bufonidae, Anura, Amphibia
Natural range	Europe (westernmost: Germany, northernmost: S Sweden and Estonia), W Russia, Kazakhstan.
Habitat	Dry lowland, also around urban area

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan
Origin	Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route	Deliberate: Imported as pet animals.
Impact	Potentially: Predation on native invertebrates. Competition with native bufonid toads. Native organism(s) affected: Native invertebrates, native bufonid toads.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Unknown.

Reference

Notes

AmphibiaWeb: Information on amphibian biology and conservation. [web application]. 2010. Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb. http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: Sep 22, 2010).
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn)
Frost (2009) Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.3. http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/ . AMNH, New York, USA.
JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
Nagasaka (ed) (1996) Picture Book of Reptiles & Amphibians. Pisces, Tokyo. (in Jpn)
etc.