Species group · Amphibians
Toads
WAnimals has 17 species of toad, spread across 6 families (Alytidae, Bombinatoridae, Bufonidae, Microhylidae, Pelobatidae, Pipidae).
- 17 species
- 6 families
- 106 countries
- 339 parks
- Weight
- 2 g – 1.5 kg
- Length
- 2 cm – 25 cm
- Lifespan
- 5 – 36 years
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 17.
All 17 species of toads on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Least ConcernMidwife Toad
Alytes obstetricans
Cane Toad
Rhinella marina
Natterjack Toad
Epidalea calamita
Green Toad
Bufotes viridis
Fire-bellied Toad
Bombina bombina
Common Toad
Bufo bufo
Yellow-bellied Toad
Bombina variegata
Surinam Toad
Pipa pipa
Oriental Fire-bellied Toad
Bombina orientalis
American Toad
Anaxyrus americanus
Iberian Midwife Toad
Alytes cisternasii
Eastern Narrowmouth Toad
Gastrophryne carolinensis
Betic Midwife Toad
Alytes dickhilleni
Sonoran Desert Toad
Incilius alvarius
Western Spadefoot
Pelobates cultripes
Spotted Toad
Rhaebo guttatus
Golden Toad
Bufo periglenes
Conservation status
2 especies in this group están en alguna categoría de riesgo real según la UICN.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 106 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Where to see them
- Cabañeros5 species
- Monfrague5 species
- Cabo de Gata-Níjar4 species
- Delta del Ebro4 species
- Douro Internacional4 species
- Duero Internacional4 species
- Los Alcornocales4 species
- Parque Nacional de Doñana4 species
- Sierra de Andújar4 species
- Sierra de Grazalema4 species
- Sierra de Guadarrama4 species
- Sudoeste Alentejano e Costa Vicentina4 species
Did you know…
The male keeps the eggs from drying out and away from predators until they are ready to hatch in water.
From Midwife Toad
It eats insects and other small invertebrates.
From Midwife Toad
It lives in woodland, Mediterranean scrub and rocky ground near ponds and streams in western Europe.
From Midwife Toad
Its powerful bufotoxins have caused population crashes in a great many native Australian predators.
From Cane Toad
It eats insects, small vertebrates and practically anything else on offer.
From Cane Toad
It lays between 5,000 and 35,000 eggs in a clutch, among the largest of any amphibian.
From Cane Toad
Its extraordinarily loud night call carries as far as 2 km.
From Natterjack Toad
It feeds on ants and other small invertebrates.
From Natterjack Toad