European Spadefoot Toads
Pelobates
The European spadefoot toads are a family of frogs, the Pelobatidae, with only one extant genus Pelobates, containing four species. They are native to Europe, the Mediterranean, northwestern Africa, and western Asia.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Common Spadefoot
speciesPelobates fuscus
Iberian Spadefoot
speciesPelobates cultripes
Pallas' Spadefoot
speciesPelobates vespertinus
Balkan Spadefoot
speciesPelobates balcanicus
Syrian Spadefoot
speciesPelobates syriacus
Moroccan Spadefoot
speciesPelobates varaldii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pelobates in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 25309.