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title: "Lütkens Guatemalakröte"
description: "Incilius luetkenii — Amphibien. Incilius luetkenii (formerly Bufo luetkenii, common name yellow toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/yellow-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lütkens Guatemalakröte

> Incilius luetkenii — Amphibien. Incilius luetkenii (formerly Bufo luetkenii, common name yellow toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

- Scientific name: *Incilius luetkenii*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `farm` (Bauernhof)
- iNaturalist observations: 957
- Wikidata: [Q28031561](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28031561)
- iNaturalist taxon: [65844](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/65844)

## Names

- en: Yellow Toad
- de: Lütkens Guatemalakröte
- es: Sapo amarillo

## Countries with the most observations

CR (332), NI (177), HN (160), SV (109), GT (10)

## Summary

Incilius luetkenii (formerly Bufo luetkenii, common name yellow toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is found in Mesoamerica along the Pacific versant from central Costa Rica to extreme southern Chiapas, Mexico (including the intervening Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua), as well as dry interior valleys of Guatemala and Honduras and San Juan River drainage in Costa Rica on the Atlantic versant. It occurs in open areas, including disturbed pasturelands in lowland dry forests, and to a lesser extent, in lowland moist and premontane moist forests. It breeds in temporary pools. It is a…

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

## Photo

![Lütkens Guatemalakröte](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew J. Crawford · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39134839

## Machine access

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