Common Toad
Bufo bufo
Conservation Status
Least ConcernAmphibia · Anura · Bufonidae
About
The common toad, also known as European toad or simply the toad in Anglophone parts of Europe, is a toad found throughout most of Europe, 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.
Fun Fact
Common toads are famous for their annual migration to breeding ponds, sometimes crossing busy roads in their thousands.
Quick Facts
Habitat
Range extends to Irkutsk in Siberia and its southerly range includes parts of northwestern Africa in the northern mountain ranges of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.
Diet
Eats woodlice, slugs, beetles, caterpillars, flies, ants, spiders, earthworms and even small mice.
Lifespan
To be updated
Threats
- Habitat Change
- Human Disturbance