#1858 · 🐸 amphibians

Green Toad

🇳🇱 Groene pad ·Bufotes viridis

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The European green toad ( Bufotes viridis ) is a species of toad found in steppes, mountainous areas, semi-deserts, urban areas and other habitats in mainland Europe, ranging from far eastern France and Denmark to the Balkans and Western Russia. As historically defined, the species ranged east through the Middle East and Central Asia to western China, Mongolia and northwestern India, and south through Italy and the Mediterranean islands to North Africa. Following genetic and morphological reviews, 14...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 24,963iNaturalist 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.
24,963 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 (258 years ago).