Giant Toad
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Giant Toad

Bufo spinosus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
20–30% · Possible
overall probability at Sierra Nevada National Park
61 Verified records at Sierra Nevada 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 →

20–30% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Toad sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park, based on 61 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Sierra Nevada National Park

Natterjack Toad
LC

Natterjack Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Epidalea calamita

10–20% · With luck
Iberian Green Frog
LC

Iberian Green Frog

☀️ Diurnal Amphibian

Pelophylax perezi

40–50% · Likely
Mediterranean Tree Frog
LC

Mediterranean Tree Frog

🌅 Crepuscular Amphibian

Hyla meridionalis

<5% · Rare
Midwife Toad of Hillenius
EN

Midwife Toad of Hillenius

Amphibian

Alytes dickhilleni

Insufficient data
Iberian parsley frog
LC

Iberian parsley frog

Amphibian

Pelodytes ibericus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
30–40
Feb
40–50
Mar
40–50
Apr
20–30
May
20–30
Jun
30–40
Jul
20–30
Aug
20–30
Sep
<5
Oct
10–20
Nov
<5
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 Sierra Nevada National Park?

About 29% of wildlife watchers report a Giant Toad sighting in Sierra Nevada National Park, based on 61 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Giant Toad in Sierra Nevada National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Giant Toad in Sierra Nevada National Park in our monthly data.

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