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title: "Spiny Toad"
description: "Bufo spinosus — Anfibi. The spiny toad, spiny common toad, or giant toad (Bufo spinosus) is a species of toad native to the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, extreme northwestern Italy, and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), with an isolated population in Jersey in the Channel Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/spiny-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spiny Toad

> Bufo spinosus — Anfibi. The spiny toad, spiny common toad, or giant toad (Bufo spinosus) is a species of toad native to the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, extreme northwestern Italy, and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), with an isolated population in Jersey in the Channel Islands.

- Scientific name: *Bufo spinosus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 22386
- Wikidata: [Q2927674](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2927674)
- iNaturalist taxon: [134693](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/134693)

## Names

- en: Spiny Toad
- de: Mittelmeer-Erdkröte
- es: Sapo Común ibérico
- fr: Crapaud épineux
- nl: Westelijke gewone pad

## Countries with the most observations

FR (8834), ES (7777), PT (4738), IT (72), MA (48), JE (44), AD (35), DZ (26)

## Summary

The spiny toad, spiny common toad, or giant toad (Bufo spinosus) is a species of toad native to the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, extreme northwestern Italy, and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), with an isolated population in Jersey in the Channel Islands. For much of the 20th century, it was considered either a synonym or a subspecies of common toad Bufo bufo, but it is now classified as a separate species.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Jordi Rovira · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268902430

## Machine access

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