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#1915 · 🐸 amphibians

Fowler's Toad

🇳🇱 Fowlerpad ·Anaxyrus fowleri

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe
Fowler's Toad, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Seánín Óg · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

Fowler's toad ( Anaxyrus fowleri , formerly Bufo fowleri ) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. The species is native to North America, where it occurs in much of the eastern United States and parts of adjacent Canada. It was previously considered a subspecies of Woodhouse's toad ( Anaxyrus woodhousii , formerly Bufo woodhousii ).

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 55,449iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 55,449 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Fowler's Toad
Nederlands
Fowlerpad
scientific name
Anaxyrus fowleri
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Bufonidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
55,449
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Bufonidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 64977, Wikidata Q2324996, GBIF 2422905, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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