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Plateau toad

Anaxyrus compactilis (Wiegmann, 1833)

LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads

The plateau toad (Anaxyrus compactilis) is a species in the family Bufonidae, order Anura. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Plateau toad (Anaxyrus compactilis)
Photo: NaturaLista user: abrahambio · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the plateau toad

Weight
Not recorded
Length
up to 9.1 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
5,000src for Young per litter or clutch
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the plateau toad live?

Not recorded

What is the plateau toad?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Anaxyrus compactilis (common name: plateau toad) is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to Mexico. It is a little known species associated with desert and shrubland.

It is threatened by habitat loss caused by conversion of land for agriculture.

From the Wikipedia article “Anaxyrus compactilis” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anaxyrus_compactilis&oldid=1313970432), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the plateau toad endangered?

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

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the plateau toad classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAmphibia
  4. orderAnura
  5. familyBufonidae
  6. genusAnaxyrus
  7. SpeciesAnaxyrus compactilis (Wiegmann, 1833)

Synonyms Anaxyrus melancholicus, Bufo anomalus, Bufo compactilis, Bufo compactilis compactilis, Bufo levifrons, Dromoplectrus anomalus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Sapo de la mesetaSpanish
  • PlateaupadDutch
  • Лопатоногая жабаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the plateau toad

Other species in the same genus Anaxyrus.

EW, Extinct in the Wild
Wyoming toad (Anaxyrus baxteri)

Wyoming toad

Anaxyrus baxteri

Bufonidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the plateau toad endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the plateau toad?

The plateau toad (Anaxyrus compactilis) belongs to the family Bufonidae in the order Anura.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Plateau toad (Anaxyrus compactilis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/plateau-toad

MLA

“Plateau toad (Anaxyrus compactilis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/plateau-toad.

BibTeX
@misc{plateau_toad_2026,
  title = {Plateau toad (Anaxyrus compactilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/plateau-toad},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}