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title: "European Toad"
description: "Bufo bufo — Amphibians. The common toad, also known as European toad or simply the toad in Anglophone parts of Europe (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo \"toad\"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (excluding Iceland, Ireland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), western North Asia and a small part of Northwest Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/european-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# European Toad

> Bufo bufo — Amphibians. The common toad, also known as European toad or simply the toad in Anglophone parts of Europe (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (excluding Iceland, Ireland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), western North Asia and a small part of Northwest Africa.

- Scientific name: *Bufo bufo*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 109119
- Wikidata: [Q146375](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q146375)
- iNaturalist taxon: [326296](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326296)

## Names

- en: European Toad
- de: Erdkröte
- es: Sapo europeo
- fr: Crapaud commun
- nl: Gewone pad
- pt: Sapo-comum
- pl: Ropucha szara

## Countries with the most observations

DE (17981), GB (16257), IT (13400), RU (8394), AT (6952), DK (6764), CZ (4481), FR (4069), PL (3842), SE (3362), FI (2762), NL (2007)

## Summary

The common toad, also known as European toad or simply the toad in Anglophone parts of Europe (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (excluding Iceland, Ireland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), 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. It becomes active at dusk, hunting the invertebrates on which it feeds at night. It moves with a slow, ungainly…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_toad

## Photo

![European Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philipp Hoenle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137780944

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-toad?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).