Common Spadefoot

base stats

• NL sightings 15iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 4,580iNaturalist 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 15 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #15 most seen of the amphibians in NL.
• 🌍4,580 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 (258 years ago).
• 🇳🇱Dutch status: Dutch spadefoot toad populations have been in decline since the 1950's. Habitat loss (loss of water habitats and of forest- and extensive agricultural habitats) is the main culprit. Recently, reintroduction efforts have started, but it is not clear if these will lead to development of robust metapopulations..

fact sheet

English

Common Spadefoot

Nederlands

Knoflookpad

scientific name

Pelobates fuscus

class

Amphibia

order

Anura

family

Pelobatidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

Dutch status

Dutch spadefoot toad populations have been in decline since the 1950's. Habitat loss (loss of water habitats and of forest- and extensive agricultural habitats) is the main culprit. Recently, reintroduction efforts have started, but it is not clear if these will lead to development of robust metapopulations.

sightings in NL

15

sightings in Europe

4,243

sightings worldwide

4,580

GBIF records in NL

3,318

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1768 by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.