#1868 · 🐸 amphibians
European Fire-Bellied Toad
🇳🇱 Roodbuikvuurpad ·Bombina bombina
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what is it?
The European fire-bellied toad ( Bombina bombina ) is a fire-bellied toad native to mainland Europe.
base stats
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.
- 3,691 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Fire-Bellied Toad
- Nederlands
- Roodbuikvuurpad
- scientific name
- Bombina bombina
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Bombinatoridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 3,405
- sightings worldwide
- 3,691
- GBIF records in NL
- 9
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1761
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Bombinatoridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 24495, Wikidata Q372267, GBIF 2423443, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.