Species group · Amphibians
WAnimals has 2 species of spadefoot toad, spread across 2 families (Alytidae, Pelodytidae).
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 4 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Its tadpoles may even feed on larvae of their own species.
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It eats insects, spiders and molluscs; the tadpoles take plant matter and detritus.
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It lives in open ground, grassland, scrub and woodland edges near water in the Iberian Peninsula.
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It is nicknamed "mud jumper" for its ability to leap up to 70 cm in a single bound.
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Its tadpole can grow larger than the adult.
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It can produce as many as 1,600 eggs a year, spread over several clutches.
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