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title: "Red-spotted Toad"
description: "Anaxyrus punctatus — Płazy. The red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus), formerly Bufo punctatus, is a toad in the family Bufonidae found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-spotted-toad
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Red-spotted Toad

> Anaxyrus punctatus — Płazy. The red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus), formerly Bufo punctatus, is a toad in the family Bufonidae found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Anaxyrus punctatus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 12482
- Wikidata: [Q28032079](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28032079)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64984](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64984)

## Names

- en: Red-spotted Toad
- de: Rotfleckenkröte
- es: Sapo de puntos rojos
- fr: Crapaud à taches rouges

## Countries with the most observations

US (9162), MX (1920)

## Summary

The red-spotted toad (Anaxyrus punctatus), formerly Bufo punctatus, is a toad in the family Bufonidae found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

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

## Photo

![Red-spotted Toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-spotted-toad/medium.jpg)

Photo: lightbed · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/267457740

## Machine access

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