Common toad: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common toad lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Bufo bufo
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Bufonidae

Where does the common toad live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common toad in 21 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common toad endangered?

The common toad’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common toad?

The common toad (Bufo bufo) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Bufonidae, genus Bufo. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common toad

The common toad, also known as European toad or simply the toad in Anglophone parts of Europe (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a toad found throughout most of Europe (excluding Iceland, Ireland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), western North Asia and a small part of Northwest Africa. It belongs to a group of closely related species descended from a common ancestral line of toads and forming a species complex. The toad is an inconspicuous animal, usually lying hidden during the day. It becomes active at dusk, hunting the invertebrates on which it feeds at night. It moves with a slow, ungainly walk or by jumping short distances, and has greyish-brown skin covered with wart-like lumps.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common toad (revision 1376663905), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q146375 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).