common toad

Also known as Bufo bufo, European toad, toad

species of amphibian

AI overview

The common toad is a type of amphibian that lives both on land and in water during different parts of its life. These toads matter because they help control insect populations and serve as indicators of environmental health in the ecosystems where they live.

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Species

Least Concern

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Species

PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibia
OrderAnura
FamilyBufonidae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations99,974

Die Erdkröte (Bufo bufo) ist ein häufiger und im paläarktischen Raum weit verbreiteter Froschlurch aus der Gattung der Echten Kröten innerhalb der Familie der Kröten (Bufonidae). Nach heutiger Auffassung handelt es sich wahrscheinlich nicht um eine einheitliche biologische Art, sondern um einen Komplex mehrerer Taxa, deren genaue systematische Stellung und Abgrenzung derzeit unklar ist. In der Erstbeschreibung nannte Carl von Linné die Art zunächst Rana bufo, ordnete sie also als „Frosch“ in der Gattung Rana ein. Die Erdkröte wurde von der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde zum Lurch des Jahres 2012 gekürt.

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Research

6,855 papers

Occurrence of common frog (Rana temporaria) and common toad (Bufo bufo) adults and metamorphs in agricultural fields in Germany: Potential for exposure to plant protection products.Integrated environmental assessment and management · 2024Taylor NS, Sadowski J, Schuster HS et al.DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4952
Emergence of a bufonid herpesvirus in a population of the common toad Bufo bufo in Germany.Diseases of aquatic organisms · 2021Eisenberg T, Hamann HP, Reuscher C et al.DOI: 10.3354/dao03589
Spatial ecology of the invasive Asian common toad in Madagascar and its implications for invasion dynamics.Scientific reports · 2023Licata F, Ficetola GF, Falaschi M et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29467-2
Effect on growth and development of common toad (Rhinella arenarum) tadpoles in environment related to fluorite mine.The Science of the total environment · 2023Otero MA, Grenat PR, Pollo FE et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166936
Toad zoonyms mirror the linguistic and demographic history of Greece.PloS one · 2023Davranoglou LR, Embirikos LDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283136
Relationships Between Chemical Defenses of Common Toad (Bufo bufo) Tadpoles and Bacterial Community Structure of their Natural Aquatic Habitat.Journal of chemical ecology · 2020Ujszegi J, Vajna B, Móricz ÁM et al.DOI: 10.1007/s10886-020-01184-4
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis strain affects transcriptomic response in liver but not skin in latitudinal populations of the common toad (Bufo bufo).Scientific reports · 2024Chondrelli N, Kuehn E, Meurling S et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52975-8
Toxicity assessment of a tebuconazole-based fungicide on the embryo-larval development of the common south American toad Rhinella arenarum.Environmental toxicology · 2024Acquaroni M, Cresto FN, Pérez Coll C et al.DOI: 10.1002/tox.24081

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Wikidata facts

Image: Kärnkonn Kõrvemaal. 2015. aasta mai..jpg

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Commons category: Bufo bufo
taxon name: Bufo bufo
Commons gallery: Bufo bufo
taxon common name: rupikonna
short name: B. bufo

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Article

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, 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.

Although toads are usually solitary animals, large numbers of them converge on certain breeding ponds during the breeding season, where the males compete to mate with the females. The females lay their eggs in gelatinous strings in the water, which later hatch into tadpoles. After several months of growth and development, the tadpoles sprout limbs and undergo metamorphosis to become tiny toads. The juveniles then leave the water and remain largely terrestrial for the rest of their lives.