#1871 · 🐸 amphibians
Iberian Spadefoot
🇳🇱 Spaanse Knoflookpad ·Pelobates cultripes
📍 2525-150 Botado, Portugal
📍 Portugal
📍 Cáceres, España
📍 Paisagem Protegida Regional do Litoral de Vila do Conde e Reserva Ornitológica de Mindelo
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Joaquim Maceira Muchaxo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © De France Arthur · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Borja Fierro-Leva · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © eliegaget · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © noctua_ · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 2525-150 Botado, Portugal:© Mateus Godinho · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Portugal:© Daniel Raposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Cáceres, España:© Fernando Mateos-González · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Paisagem Protegida Regional do Litoral de Vila do Conde e Reserva Ornitológica de Mindelo:© André Lobo · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Pelobates cultripes is a toad species in the family Pelobatidae. It is known under many different common names, including the western spadefoot , Iberian spadefoot toad , Spanish spadefoot toad , and Wagler's spadefoot toad . It is found in parts of France, Spain, and Portugal.
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.
- 3,154 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1829 (197 years ago).
- Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
fact sheet
- English
- Iberian Spadefoot
- Nederlands
- Spaanse Knoflookpad
- scientific name
- Pelobates cultripes
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Pelobatidae
- IUCN Red List
- VU · vulnerable
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 3,019
- sightings worldwide
- 3,154
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1829 by Georges Cuvier
IUCN in Dutch: kwetsbaar. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pelobatidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 25311, Wikidata Q1084912, GBIF 2430565, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.