page_title: Scutiger boulengeri
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Scutiger boulengeri / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Scutiger boulengeri from Sikkim, India
context_page_description: Scutiger boulengeri is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Nepal, India and western China. A healthy population has been found at an elevation of 5,270 m in one of the lakes in the Gurudongmar Lake complex in Sikkimese Himalaya. This is one of the highest elevations where amphibians have ever been recorded.
context_section_description: Scutiger boulengeri males measure about 45–55 mm (1.8–2.2 in) and females about 50–62 mm (2.0–2.4 in) in snout–vent length. The head is flat, wider than long and with a rounded snout. The eyes are protruding. The tympanum is indistinct; the supratympanal fold is present. The dorsum is olive or greenish-grey with numerous warts. The ventrum is yellowish. The fingers have no webbing whereas the toes have rudimentary webbing.
  Tadpoles grow to a length of about 60 mm (2.4 in).
caption: Scutiger boulengeri from Sikkim, India
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