AnAge entry for Bufo bufo
Classification (HAGRID: 00047)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia (Taxon entry)
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Bufo
- Species
- Bufo bufo
- Common name
- Common European toad
- Synonyms
- Rana bufo, Rana rubeta, Rana ventricosa, Bufo vulgaris, Bufo ventricosus, Buffo strumosus, Rana pluvialis, Bufo rubeta, Rana acephala, Rana scorodesma, Engystoma ventricosus, Bufo ferruginosus, Bufo tuberculosus, Bombinator ventricosus, Bufo palmarum, Bufo minutus, Bufo alpinus, Bufo carbunculus, Rana vulgaris, Phryne vulgaris, Bufo commutatus, Bufo communis, Pegaeus bufo, Bufavus meneghinii, Bufo spelaeus, Bufo cinereus minor, Bufo cinereus medius, Bufo cinereus hybridus, Bufo vulgaris acutirostris, Bufo vulgaris obtusirostris, Bufo vulgaris cinereus
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 40 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 451
- Sample size
- Medium
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
In the wild, these animals live up to 12 years [0525].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,460 days
- Incubation
- Metamorphosis
- Clutch size
- (oviparous)
- Adult weight
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [1134] Cvetkovic et al. (2009), Bergmann’s rule in amphibians: combining demographic and ecological parameters to explain body size variation among populations in the common toad Bufo bufo
- [0526] Kara (1994), Ageing in amphibians (PubMed)
- [0525] Smirina (1994), Age determination and longevity in amphibians (PubMed)
- [0451] Frank & Kate's Web Page
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 173480
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 8384
- Entrez
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