Synonyms

• Bufo bufo japonicus partim Nakamura & Ueno, 1963: 27–28 [syn. Matsui 1976: 1]
• Bufo bufo montanus partim Okada, 1966: 23–25 [syn. Matsui,, 1976: 1]
• Bufo (Bufo) torrenticola Dubois & Bour, 2010: 24
• Bufo japonicus torrenticola Kawamura, Nishioka & Ueda, 1980: 123
• Bufo torrenticola Matsui, 1976: 1
• Bufo vulgaris montana Okada & Kakuda, 1955

Primary references

• Matsui, M. 1976. A new toad from Japan. Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 25(1): 1–10. hdl: 2433/156004 Reference page. 

• Okada, Y. & Kakuda, T. 1955. 大台ヶ原・大杉谷の両生類・爬虫類 [Reptiles and amphibians of Ohdaigahara and Ohsugi region.] pp. 14–18. In 大杉谷・大台ヶ原の自然 [Nature of Ohsugi-dani and Ohdaigahara.] Natural Scientific Research Group of Ohdai and Ohsugi Region. Reference page. 

• Nakamura, K. & Ueno, S. 1963. 原色日本両生爬虫類図鑑 [Japanese amphibians and reptiles in colour]. Osaka: Hoikusha. Reference page. 

• Okada, Y. 1966. Fauna Japonica. Anura (Amphibia). Tokyo: Biogeographical Society of Japan. Reference page. 

• Kawamura, T., Nishioka, M. & Ueda, H. 1980. Inter- and intraspecific hybrids among Japanese, European and American toads. Scientific report of the Laboratory for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima University 4: 1–125. DOI: 10.15027/333 Reference page. 

• Dubois, A. & Bour, R. 2010. The nomenclatural status of the nomina of amphibians and reptiles created by Garsault (1764), with a parsimonious solution to an old nomenclatural problem regarding the genus Bufo (Amphibia, Anura), comments on the taxonomy of this genus, and comments on some nomina created by Laurenti (1768). Zootaxa 2447: 001–052. Preview. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Matsui, M. 1984. Morphometric variation analyses and revision of the Japanese toads (Genus Bufo, Bufonidae). Contributions from the Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University 26(3-4): 209–428. hdl: 2433/156031 Reference page. 

Links

• Frost, Darrel R. 2021. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.1. Electronic Database accessible at https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. DOI: 10.5531/db.vz.0001 Bufo torrenticola

• IUCN: Bufo torrenticola Matsui, 1976 (Least Concern)