Epidalea calamita (Laurenti, 1768)
(Natterjack Toad)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEpidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad)
FamilyBUFONIDAE (toads)
OrderANURA (frogs and toads, and their tadpoles)
ClassAMPHIBIA (amphibians)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Epidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad) :
1: Epidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad)
3 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
newly hatched tadpoles
Image 1: Egg string with newly hatched tadpolesImage 2: Egg string with newly hatched tadpoles (2)Image 3: Egg string with newly hatched tadpoles (3)Image 4: Newly hatched tadpoles en masse on bottom of poolImage 5: Newly hatched tadpoles en masse on bottom of pool (2)Image 6: Newly hatched tadpoles en masse on bottom of pool (3)Image 7: Newly hatched tadpole - close-up - enlargedImage 8: Newly hatched tadpoles - close-up - enlargedImage 9: Newly hatched tadpoles - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 10: Newly hatched tadpoles - close-up - enlarged (3)
2: Epidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad)
3 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 40’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
yearling
Image 1: Yearling toadImage 2: Yearling toad on hand of warden

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Carver, C. 2004 Natterjacks in the north-west… Vol 15, No. 6 Page: 400
Revels, R. 2007 Natterjack Toad Vol 19, no. 1 Page: Front cover
Revels, R. 2005 Natterjack Toad Vol 16, No. 6 Page: 428
Sterry, P. 2004 Natterjack Toad Vol 16, No 2 Page: 127
Woolmer Conservation Group 2006 Woolmer Forest: 30 years of conservation work British Wildlife Vol 17, No. 3: 185-193.

Epidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Epidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Epidalea calamita (Natterjack Toad)
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