Brown Slender Toad vs Hime-butana

Ansonia leptopus compared with Hypochaeris glabra

Key Differences

• Brown Slender Toad is Least Concern while Hime-butana is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Slender Toad	Hime-butana
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Amphibia (両生類)	Magnoliopsida (モクレン綱)
Order	Anura (カエル)	Asterales (キク目)
Family	Bufonidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Ansonia	Hypochaeris
Species	Ansonia leptopus	Hypochaeris glabra

Conservation Status

Brown Slender Toad

LC — Least Concern

Hime-butana

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Slender Toad	Hime-butana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Slender Toad

Habitat

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

Hime-butana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands, among 12 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (India, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (5 countries). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.