See text Bufo is a genus of true toads in the amphibian family Bufonidae.

As traditionally defined, it was a wastebasket genus containing a large number of toads from much of the world but following taxonomic reviews most of these have been moved to other genera, leaving only seventeen extant species from Europe, northern Africa and Asia in this genus, including the well-known common toad (B.

[2] True toads have in common stocky figures and short legs, which make them relatively poor jumpers.

Behind their eyes, Bufo species have wart-like structures, the parotoid glands.

They secrete a fatty, white poisonous substance which acts as a deterrent to predators.