Common toad vs Natterjack toad
The common toad is heavier: 164.8 g against 62.7 g for the natterjack toad, about 2.6 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a common toad and a natterjack toad?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common toad is heavier: 164.8 g against 62.7 g for the natterjack toad, about 2.6 times the weight.
- They share the family Bufonidae but sit in different genera: Common toad in Bufo, Natterjack toad in Epidalea.
- Both are listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Side by side
| Common toad | Natterjack toad | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Bufo bufo | Epidalea calamita |
| Family | Bufonidae | Bufonidae |
| Order | Anura | Anura |
| Weight | 164.8 g | 62.7 g |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Main food | arthropods | arthropods |
| Habitat | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Least Concern | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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