European green toad

An unusual amphibian that can survive high temperatures and is even quite tolerant to desiccation

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The European green toad is a very heat-tolerant amphibian: it can survive temperatures of as much as 40°C (104°F). That’s not all; it is also quite tolerant of desiccation. The death of this hardy amphibian occurs when its body loses nearly 50% of its water which is quite unorthodox to the usual concept of amphibians which must keep their skin moist.

These frogs move to water only during the breeding season and spend most of their time hiding underground in their natural range’s semi-desert and mountainous areas, which expand from France and Denmark to western Russia and the Balkans.

Distribution

Country
Population est.
Status
Year
Comments
Albania
2008
Austria
2008
Belarus
2008
Bosnia And Herz.
2008
Bulgaria
2008
Croatia
2008
Czechia
2008
Denmark
2008
Presence Uncertain
Estonia
2008
France
2008
Germany
2008
Greece
2008
Hungary
2008
Israel
2008
Italy
2008
Kazakhstan
2008
Latvia
2008
Lithuania
2008
Malta
2008
Moldova
2008
Montenegro
2008
North Macedonia
2008
Poland
2008
Romania
2008
Russia
2008
Serbia
2008
Slovakia
2008
Slovenia
2008
Spain
2008
Introduced: Baleares
Sweden
2008
Presence Uncertain
Switzerland
0
Official estimate
EX
2008
Extinct locally
Ukraine
2008

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Terrestrial / Aquatic

Altricial / Precocial

Polygamous / Monogamous

Dimorphic (size) / Monomorphic

Active: Diurnal / Nocturnal

Social behavior: Solitary / Pack / Herd

Diet: Carnivore / Herbivore / Omnivore / Piscivorous / Insectivore

Migratory: Yes / No

Domesticated: Yes / No

Dangerous: Yes / No