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Natterjack toad

Epidalea calamita

406Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
10Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb7
Mar33
Apr96
May96
Jun50
Jul36
Aug33
Sep18
Oct18
Nov5
Dec4

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England133
2Cumbria England53
3Sefton England45
4Norfolk England13
5Lincolnshire England11
6Dumfries and Galloway Scotland9
7Wirral England7
8Denbighshire Wales6
9Suffolk England1
10Dorset England1
314 England9 Scotland82 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
406
Peak month
April
Counties with records
10
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Epidalea calamita
Group
Amphibians
NBN Atlas records since 2000
379
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire, Cumbria
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Habitats Directive, Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List, Habitats Regulations 2010
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Order
Anura
Family
Bufonidae
Genus
Epidalea
Name with authority
Epidalea calamita (Laurenti, 1768)
Described
1768

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q622886 · GBIF 2422507