Brown Slender Toad vs Wild Lettuce

Ansonia leptopus compared with Lactuca indica

Key Differences

• Brown Slender Toad is Least Concern while Wild Lettuce is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Slender Toad	Wild Lettuce
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Amphibia (Amphibians)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Anura (Frogs & Toads)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Bufonidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Ansonia	Lactuca
Species	Ansonia leptopus	Lactuca indica

Conservation Status

Brown Slender Toad

LC — Least Concern

Wild Lettuce

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Slender Toad	Wild Lettuce
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Slender Toad

Habitat

Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.

Wild Lettuce

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Comoros, Madagascar, South Africa), Asia (Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).

Brown Slender Toad

The Brown Slender Toad (Ansonia leptopus) is a species in the genus Ansonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in freshwater habitats, moist forests, and wetlands.