European spadefoot toad
| European spadefoot toads Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Pelobates fuscus fuscus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Mesobatrachia |
| Superfamily: | Pelobatoidea |
| Family: | Pelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Genera | |
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| The distribution of extant pelobatids (in black). | |
The European spadefoot toads are a family of frogs, the Pelobatidae, with only one extant genus Pelobates, containing six species. They are native to Europe, the Mediterranean, northwestern Africa, and western Asia.