#1970 · 🐸 amphibians

Central American Gulf Coast Toad

Incilius valliceps

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Jorge Armín Escalante-Pasos · CC BY 4.0
2. © Jorge Armín Escalante-Pasos · CC BY 4.0
3. © delmer jonathan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Chris Harrison · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jorge Armín Escalante-Pasos · CC BY 4.0
6. Cd Caucel, Mérida, Yuc., México:© Pedro E. Nahuat-Cervera · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Telchac Puerto, Yuc., México:© itzelalejandrastapia · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. tekax:© Jorge Armín Escalante-Pasos · CC BY 4.0
9. Zamorano, San Antonio De Oriente, Francisco Morazán, HN:© paolaascencio11 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. El Remate, Guatemala:© Ricard Busquets Reverte · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Gulf Coast toad ( Incilius valliceps ) is a species of toad native to eastern and southeastern Mexico and Central America as far south as Costa Rica.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,865iNaturalist 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.
7,865 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann in 1833 (193 years ago).