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title: "Plateau Toad"
description: "Anaxyrus compactilis — Płazy. Anaxyrus compactilis (common name: plateau toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/plateau-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plateau Toad

> Anaxyrus compactilis — Płazy. Anaxyrus compactilis (common name: plateau toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae.

- Scientific name: *Anaxyrus compactilis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 466
- Wikidata: [Q28030941](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28030941)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64974](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64974)

## Names

- en: Plateau Toad
- es: Sapo de la meseta

## Countries with the most observations

MX (312)

## Summary

Anaxyrus compactilis (common name: plateau toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Mexico. It is a little known species associated with desert and shrubland.
It is threatened by habitat loss caused by conversion of land for agriculture.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136807850

## Machine access

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