# Green toad (*Bufotes viridis*)

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

The green toad (Bufotes viridis) is a species in the family Bufonidae, order Anura. Recorded adults weigh about 75 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | 75 g |
| Length | up to 12 cm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Carnivore |
| Longest recorded lifespan | 15 years |
| Main food | arthropods, vertebrates |
| Habitat | Not recorded |
| Young per litter or clutch | 6,660 – 36,950 |
| Reproduction | Eggs |
| Active | Day and night (cathemeral) |
| Conservation status | Least Concern (IUCN) |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Recorded prey and predators

 Recorded predators: Grass snake (*Natrix natrix*), Dice snake (*Natrix tessellata*), Marsh frog (*Pelophylax ridibundus*), Pool frog (*Pelophylax lessonae*), Common goldeneye (*Bucephala clangula*), Mute swan (*Cygnus olor*), Common crane (*Grus grus*), Smew (*Mergellus albellus*), Eurasian curlew (*Numenius arquata*), Ruddy shelduck (*Tadorna ferruginea*), Mallard (*Anas platyrhynchos*), Common pochard (*Aythya ferina*). Each pair is recorded by at least two datasets compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/, CC0 1.0).

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 5 countries. Introduced: Afghanistan, Belgium, Russia, Spain, Sweden. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Chordata
- class: Amphibia
- order: Anura
- family: Bufonidae
- genus: Bufotes
- species: *Bufotes viridis* (Laurenti, 1768)

Synonyms: *Buffo viridiradiatus*, *Buffo viridis*, *Bufo balearicus*, *Bufo bufina*, *Bufo bufonina*, *Bufo cursor*, *Bufo kavirensis*, *Bufo lineata*, *Bufo lineatus*, *Bufo longipes*, *Bufo roseus*, *Bufo schreberi*, *Bufo schreberianus*, *Bufo sitibundus*, *Bufo variabilis*, *Bufo variabilis balearica*, *Bufo variabilis crucigera*, *Bufo variabilis kermanensis*, *Bufo variabilis sitibunda*, *Bufo variabilis var. balaerica*, *Bufo variabilis var. balearica*, *Bufo variabilis var. sitibunda*, *Bufo viridis*, *Bufo viridis balearicus*, *Bufo viridis concolor*, *Bufo viridis crucigera*, *Bufo viridis kavirensis*, *Bufo viridis kermanensis*, *Bufo viridis lineata*, *Bufo viridis raseus*, *Bufo viridis viridis*, *Bufotes balearicus*, *Bufotes kavirensis*, *Bufotes perrini*, *Bufotes sitibundus*, *Bufotes variabilis*, *Bufotes variabilis kermanensis*, *Bufotes variabilis variabilis*, *Bufotes viridis balearicus*, *Bufotes viridis dionysi*, *Bufotes viridis perrini*, *Bufotes viridis sitibundus*, *Phrynoidis variabilis*, *Pseudepidalea balearica*, *Pseudepidalea variabilis*, *Pseudepidalea viridis*, *Rana bufina*, *Rana picta*, *Rana picta*, *Rana sitibunda*, *Rana variabilis*, *Rana viridis*

## Common questions

### How big is the green toad?

An adult green toad weighs 75 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

### Is the green toad endangered?

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

### What does the green toad eat?

Its recorded main food is arthropods and vertebrates.

### Is the green toad an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the green toad as introduced in 5 countries: Afghanistan, Belgium, Russia, Spain and Sweden, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

### What kind of animal is the green toad?

The green toad (Bufotes viridis) belongs to the family Bufonidae in the order Anura.

### What eats the green toad?

Animals recorded preying on the green toad include grass snake, dice snake, marsh frog and pool frog. 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.
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [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).

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