# Bell's toad (*Ascaphus truei*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/bells-toad  
Data as of: 2026-11-14

The bell's toad (Ascaphus truei) is a species in the family Ascaphidae, order Anura. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not recorded |
| Length | up to 5 cm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Invertivore |
| Longest recorded lifespan | 20 years |
| Main food | arthropods |
| Habitat | Not recorded |
| Young per litter or clutch | 28 – 96 |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Active | At night (nocturnal) |
| Conservation status | Least Concern (IUCN) |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Recorded prey and predators

 Recorded predators: Garden snake (*Thamnophis sirtalis*). Each pair is recorded by at least two datasets compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/, CC0 1.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Amphibia
- order: Anura
- family: Ascaphidae
- genus: Ascaphus
- species: *Ascaphus truei* Stejneger, 1899

Synonyms: *Ascaphus truei californicus*, *Ascaphus truei truei*

## Common questions

### Is the bell's toad endangered?

The bell's toad is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

### What does the bell's toad eat?

Its recorded main food is arthropods.

### What kind of animal is the bell's toad?

The bell's toad (Ascaphus truei) belongs to the family Ascaphidae in the order Anura.

### What eats the bell's toad?

Animals recorded preying on the bell's toad include garden snake. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

## Sources

- [AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5), CC BY 4.0, v1. Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5
- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
- [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org), per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed), 2026-11-11. Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence).
- [Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products](https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/), CC0 1.0, 0.11. Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference.
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org), CC0 1.0, 2026-11-11. Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).

Cite as: Bell's toad (Ascaphus truei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bells-toad