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Basic information
Pelobates syriacus
Eastern Spadefoot
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyEuropean spadefoot toads
GenusPelobates
- Czech name
- Blatnice syrská
- English name
- Eastern Spadefoot
- Alternative names
- Syrian Spade-foot Toad, Syrian Spadefoot, Syrian Spadefoot Toad
- Synonyms
- Pelobates syriacus boettgeri, Pelobates syriacus syriacus, Pelobates transcaucasicus, Pseudopelobates transcaucasicus
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 90 mm
Biological characteristics
- Activity
- Diurnal, Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Clutch size
- 4,000–6,000 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf4447 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 76CZJ · COL26.9