Green Toad
(Pseudepidalea viridis)
Facts
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IUCN LEAST CONCERN (LC)
Facts about this animal
The green toad reaches a head-body length of up to 10 cm but is usually smaller. Females are larger than males. It is a robust toad with prominent paratoid glands that are roughly parallel and a horizontal pupil. Males have an external vocal sac. Its general appearance resembles the natterjack (Bufo calamita) but the dorsal pattern is much more contrasting, with bold, clearly defined greenish markings often with dark edges, and it usually has no - or only a very faint - yellow dorsal stripe.
The green toad is mainly nocturnal although sometimes active by day. At night it sings in chorus, the call resembles an insect (e.g. cricket) song. It is usually found in lowlands, preferably in dryish and sandy habitats, and is frequently seen around human habtitations.
Did you know?
that frogs and toads can breathe not only with their lungs, but also through their skin? A frog's skin is thin and contains many mucous glands that keep it moist. Oxygen can be absorbed through this thin, damp skin.
| Factsheet | |
|---|---|
| Class | AMPHIBIA |
| Order | ANURA |
| Suborder | NEOBATRACHIA |
| Family | BUFONIDAE |
| Name (Scientific) | Pseudepidalea viridis |
| Name (English) | Green Toad |
| Name (French) | Crapaud vert |
| Name (German) | Wechselkröte |
| Name (Spanish) | Sapo verde |
| Local names | Danish: Grønbroget tudse Czech: Ropucha zelená Hungarian: Zöld varangy Italian: Rospo smeraldino Latvian, Lettish: Zalais krupis Polish: Ropucha zielona Slovakian: Ropucha zelená Swedish: Grönfläckig padda Turkish: Gece kurbagasi |
| CITES Status | Not listed |
| CMS Status | Not listed |
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Distribution
| Distribution | |
|---|---|
| Range | Europe as far north as southern Sweden and as far west as western Germany / eastern France, northern Africa, western to central Asia (Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan) |
| Habitat | In forests, forest steppe, steppe, dry grasslands, alpine areas, semi-deserts and deserts |
| Wild population | Unknown |
| Zoo population | 121 reported to ISIS (2005) |
In the Zoo
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How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 45 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Why do zoos keep this animal
The green toad is regionally endangered by habitat distruction, effects of climate change and other factors. Zoos and aquariums keeping these species want to raise awareness of the plight of this species and of the global amphibian crisis. Several zoos have also linked their ex situ activities with involvement in in situ conservation.