#1835 · 🐸 amphibians

European Toad

🇳🇱 Gewone Pad ·Bufo bufo

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Katherine Wright · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Karol Tabarelli de Fatis · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Adriano Losso · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Wassenaar, Netherlands:© dmblokz · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 4128 Lexmond, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. De Balij, Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, NL:© AnkeB · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Beetsterzwaag, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noord-Holland, NL:© luukieluuk · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common toad , European toad , or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad ( Bufo bufo , from Latin bufo "toad"), is an amphibian found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, and some Mediterranean islands), in the western part of North Asia, and in a small portion of Northwest Africa. It is one of a group of closely related animals that are descended from a common ancestral line of toads and which form...

base stats

NL sightings 2,031iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 110,860iNaturalist 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

Spotted 2,031 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #1 most seen of the amphibians in NL.
110,860 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).