Villa, Andrea;Macaluso, Loredana;Mörs, Thomas
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyPelobatidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded55,798
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 82
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Pelobatidae
- Collections
- CM, NHMUK, FHSM, YPM, UCMP, MSB
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom
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Encyclopedic overview
The European spadefoot toads are a family of frogs, the Pelobatidae, with only one extant genus Pelobates, containing six species. They are native to Europe, the Mediterranean, northwestern Africa, and western Asia.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pelobatidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.