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Basic information
Pelobates fuscus
Common Eurasian Spadefoot Toad
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyEuropean spadefoot toads
GenusPelobates
- Czech name
- Blatnice skvrnitá
- English name
- Common Eurasian Spadefoot Toad
- Alternative names
- Common Spadefoot, Common Spadefoot Toad, European Common Spadefoot, European Spadefoot, European Spadefoot Toad, Spade-foot Toad
- Synonyms
- Bombina fusca, Bombina marmorata, Bombinator fuscus, Bufo fuscus, Cultripes minor, Pelobates fusca marmorata, Pelobates fuscus fuscus, Pelobates fuscus insubricus, Pelobates fuscus lividis, Pelobates insubricus, Pelobates latifrons, Pelobates praefuscus, Rana alliacea, Rana cultripes minor
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 80 mm
- Body mass
- max 29.4 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 11 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 1.5–2 years
- Clutch size
- 45–3,000 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf4446 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 76CZD · COL26.9