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title: "Sapo-de-unha-negra"
description: "Pelobates cultripes — Anfíbios. Pelobates cultripes is a toad species in the family Pelobatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/iberian-spadefoot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sapo-de-unha-negra

> Pelobates cultripes — Anfíbios. Pelobates cultripes is a toad species in the family Pelobatidae.

- Scientific name: *Pelobates cultripes*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfíbios)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3086
- Wikidata: [Q1084912](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1084912)
- iNaturalist taxon: [25311](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/25311)

## Names

- en: Iberian Spadefoot
- de: Messerfuß
- es: Sapo de espuelas occidental
- fr: Pélobate cultripède
- nl: Spaanse knoflookpad
- pt: Sapo-de-unha-negra
- pl: Grzebiuszka gibraltarska

## Countries with the most observations

ES (1311), PT (910), FR (730)

## Summary

Pelobates cultripes is a toad species in the family Pelobatidae. It is known under many different common names, including the western spadefoot, Iberian spadefoot toad, Spanish spadefoot toad, and Wagler's spadefoot toad. It is found in most of the Iberian Peninsula with isolated populations southern and western  France.

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

## Photo

![Sapo-de-unha-negra](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/iberian-spadefoot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Heiko Hentschel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340758884

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/iberian-spadefoot?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).