European spadefoot toads Temporal range:
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Pelobates fuscus fuscus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Suborder: | Mesobatrachia |
Superfamily: | Pelobatoidea |
Family: | Pelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850 |
Genera | |
See text | |
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.