#1945 · 🐸 amphibians
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
🇳🇱 Oostelijke smalbekpad ·Gastrophryne carolinensis
📍 Aiken County, SC, USA
📍 Barna Ave
📍 Pavillion, Plantation, FL 33323, USA
📍 S Beech St, Picayune, MS, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © cotinis · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 2. © Todd Pierson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. © bonesbugsandharmony · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Ryan Watson · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Kory Roberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Seig · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Aiken County, SC, USA:© J.D. Willson · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Barna Ave:© turbofox_fl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Pavillion, Plantation, FL 33323, USA:© Reed Lindwurm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. S Beech St, Picayune, MS, US:© jadenhendrix · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Gastrophryne carolinensis , the eastern narrow-mouthed toad , is a species of microhylid frog. It is a relatively small, toad-like amphibian found in damp, shady habitats. The species is highly fossorial, and feeds primarily on ants. These North American microhylids (Family: Microhylidae) are distinguished from true toads (genus Bufo ), and other anurans by their moist, smooth skin, their lack of eardrums or tympana, their distinguishable squat body shape, and the unique fold of skin superior to their eyes....
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.
- 12,471 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Edwards Holbrook in 1835 (191 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
- Nederlands
- Oostelijke smalbekpad
- scientific name
- Gastrophryne carolinensis
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Microhylidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 12,471
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1835 by John Edwards Holbrook
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Microhylidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 25078, Wikidata Q2181155, GBIF 2421766, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.