Bufo stejnegeri

Shi's toad is an amphibian of the genus Toad of the family Toad, commonly known as the toad. In mainland China, it is distributed in Liaoning and other places. It generally lives in weeds and bushes near mountain rivers and likes to live under rocks. Its living altitude range is 200 to 700 meters. The type origin of this species is in North Korea.

During the day, it often hides in weeds and bushes, and often lives under rocks; at night, it often goes out to forage at 19-23 or on rainy days. It moves slowly and is good at crawling; it forages for insects and their larvae, earthworms and other small animals. It hibernates at the end of September every year and hibernates at the bottom of the water; it comes out of hibernation at the end of March to the beginning of April of the following year, and lays eggs in pairs. The eggs are arranged in a gelatinous egg band, and each female toad lays 700-960 eggs.

Listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".

In China, it is distributed in Liaoning (suburban areas of Dandong, Kuandian, Zhuanghe, Benxi, Fushun), Jilin (Linjiang). Abroad, it is distributed in Kaesong, North Korea.

It lives in weeds and bushes near rivers in mountainous areas at an altitude of 200-700m or under rocks.

There is no eardrum or columella; no teeth in the upper jaw or vomerine teeth. The skin is rough, with dense small cones on the back. There is a row of small granules behind each eye, arranged on the inner side of the parotid gland, in an inverted figure eight shape. The small granules on the back of the shoulder are arranged in an figure eight shape. There are small round granules on the back and back of the hind limbs. There are small flat warts on the ventral surface. The back of the body is gray-brown or brown, with a light-colored ridge above the anus. The black lines on the back are in the shape of a figure eight.