Bufo oblongus oblongus Nikolskii, 1896:372

Wagner, Philipp, Bauer, Aaron M., Leviton, Alan E., Wilms, Thomas M. & Böhme, Wolfgang, 2016, A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Afghanistan *, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (13), pp. 457-565 : 463

Bufo oblongus oblongus Nikolskii, 1896:372

1896 Bufo oblongus Nikolskii, Diagnoses Reptilium et Amphibiorum novorum in Persia orientali a N. Zarudny collectorum. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 1(4):369–372.

LECTOTYPE.— ZISP 1952 .1 (designated by Stöck et al. 2001), from “Persia oriental” according to the original description, but subsequently given more precisely as Ssaman-Shahi mountains in eastern Iran (Nikolskii 1897). Later restricted by reference to the collection itinerary to the city of Birjand (about 32°55′N, 59°10′E) by Stöck et al. (2001).

LOCALITIES.— 40 km S of Herat (CAS 120517–26, CAS 120656–75, CAS 120963–72); Juwain (CAS 120529–31, CAS 120680); Kara Bagh (CAS 90795); SE of Zehak (along the Iran-Afghanistan border, Agricultural College) (1450 ft.) (MVZ 243504–05) [see pl. 1, fig. 1 for distribution].

REMARKS.— Stöck et al. (2001) recorded the species only for Iran, but mentioned that an occurrence in western Afghanistan is possible.