Animals / Amphibian

Common toad

Bufo bufo · Bufonidae

The common toad, also known as European toad or simply the toad in Anglophone parts of Europe, is a toad found throughout most of Europe, western North Asia and a small part of Northwest Africa. It belongs to a group of closely related species descended from a common ancestral line of toads and forming a species complex. The toad is an inconspicuous animal, usually lying hidden during the day.

Where the Common toad lives

Recorded in Switzerland, Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark and Russia (Europe).

Most records fall in Gelderland, Noord-Brabant, Valais, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bern and Bayern.

See the Common toad’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 757,500 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.