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title: "Great Plains Toad"
description: "Anaxyrus cognatus — Płazy. The Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus) is a relatively large species of true toad native to central North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/great-plains-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Great Plains Toad

> Anaxyrus cognatus — Płazy. The Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus) is a relatively large species of true toad native to central North America.

- Scientific name: *Anaxyrus cognatus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 4975
- Wikidata: [Q28030930](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28030930)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64973](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64973)

## Names

- en: Great Plains Toad
- de: Präriekröte
- es: Sapo de espuelas
- fr: Crapaud des steppes
- nl: Prairiepad
- pt: Sapo-das-grandes-planícies

## Countries with the most observations

US (4076), MX (229), CA (189)

## Summary

The Great Plains toad (Anaxyrus cognatus) is a relatively large species of true toad native to central North America.

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

## Photo

![Great Plains Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-plains-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brian Dickerson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/220516168

## Machine access

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