The common spadefoot is a burrowing toad of Central Europe and Western Asia, family Pelobatidae, distinguished by a hard, sharp-edged tubercle on each hind foot that it uses to dig backward into sandy soil. It is also known as the garlic toad, for the pungent, garlic-like odor its skin secretes when handled or threatened. It spends most of the year underground by day, emerging at night to forage and gathering at ponds to breed in spring.
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Classification
System (Realm) System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Anura, Taxa Source Pelobates fuscus (Wikidata)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
2. Pelobates fuscus (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q616507 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Anura, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Amphibia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 31Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 31
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Amphibia","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Anfibios","language":"ES"},{"name":"Amphibiens","language":"FR"},{"name":"Amphibians","language":"EN"},{"name":"两栖纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
4. Common Spadefoot (Wikipedia)
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pelobates
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 2120Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 2120
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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