It is found widely in the Subsaharan Africa, with its range extending to the oases in Algeria and Libya as well as to northern Nilotic Egypt.

[2] Specifically, it is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Uganda.

The paratoid glands are large and either parallel or kidney-shaped and the male has a single vocal sac under the chin.

[3] When threatened, they would bounce to confuse (or escape) predators and would also move through water.

The African common toad is an abundant species found in both moist and dry savanna, montane grassland, forest margins, and agricultural habitats.