Giant Toad
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Giant Toad

Bufo spinosus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Picos de Europa National Park
47 Verified records at Picos de Europa National Park
April Best month highest sighting rate
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's active Active throughout day and night

The spiny toad, spiny common toad, or giant toad (Bufo spinosus) is a species of toad native to the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, extreme northwestern Italy, and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia), with an isolated population in Jersey in the Channel Islands. For much of the 20th century, it was considered either a synonym or a subspecies of common toad Bufo bufo, but it is now classified as a separate species. Wikipedia →

40–50% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Toad sighting in Picos de Europa National Park, based on 47 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Picos de Europa National Park

Common Midwife Toad
LC

Common Midwife Toad

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Alytes obstetricans

40–50% · Likely
Galician Common Frog
LC

Galician Common Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Rana parvipalmata

20–30% · Possible
Iberian Frog
VU

Iberian Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Rana iberica

5–10% · With luck
Iberian Tree Frog
LC

Iberian Tree Frog

Amphibian

Hyla molleri

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
10–20
Feb
40–50
Mar
50–60
Apr
20–30
May
50–60
Jun
50–60
Jul
40–50
Aug
40–50
Sep
50–60
Oct
10–20
Nov
50–60
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
50–60%
2 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
40–50%
3 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
40–50%
4 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
40–50%
5 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
40–50%
6 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
30–40%
7 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
30–40%
8 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
9 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
10–20%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Giant Toad in Picos de Europa National Park?

About 48% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Toad sighting in Picos de Europa National Park, based on 47 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Giant Toad in Picos de Europa National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Giant Toad in Picos de Europa National Park in our monthly data.

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