Synonyms

• Bufo arabicus Heyden, 1827, in Rüppel
• Bufo pantherinus Tschudi, 1838
• Bufo viridis var. orientalis Werner, 1896
• Bufo orientalis — Parker, 1938
• Bufo viridis arabicus — Mertens, 1967
• "Bufo" arabicus: Frost et al., 2006
• Amietophrynus arabicus — Portik and Papenfuss, 2015 [syn. Ohler​ & Dubois, 2016]

Primary references

• Heyden, C.H.G.v. 1827. Band 3. Reptilien. Rüppel, E. ed., Atlas zu der Reise im Nördlichen Afrika. 1. Abteilung Zoologie: 1–24. Frankfurt am Main, Brönner. [original description: p. 20, pl. 5, f. 2]

• Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P.E., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1–370. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)297[0001:TATOL]2.0.CO;2 . hdl: 2246/5781 . Reference page. 

• Ohler, A. & Dubois, A. 2016. The identity of the South African toad Sclerophrys capensis Tschudi, 1838 (Amphibia, Anura). PeerJ 4:e1553 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1553 Reference page.  [comb. nov.]