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Pelobates syriacus (Syrian spadefoot toad)

Synonyms: Pelobates syriacus boettgeri; Pelobates syriacus syriacus; Pelobates transcaucasicus; Pseudopelobates transcaucasicus

Wikipedia Abstract

Pelobates syriacus, the eastern spadefoot or Syrian spadefoot, is a species of toad in the family Pelobatidae, native to an area extending from Eastern Europe to Western Asia.
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Infraspecies

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
24
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
48
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 46.36
EDGE Score: 3.86

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Female Maturity [1]  2 years
Male Maturity [1]  2 years
Litter Size [1]  5,000
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  3.543 inches (9 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caucasus Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey No
Irano-Anatolian Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Turkmenistan No
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

Predators

Geronticus eremita (Northern Bald Ibis)[2]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Neoxysomatium brevicaudatum <Unverified Name>[3]

Range Map

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
2"Feeding ecology and behaviour of the last known surviving oriental Northern Bald Ibises, Geronticus eremita (Linnaeus, 1758), at their breeding quarters in Syria", Gianluca Serra, Mahmud Scheisch Abdallah & Ghazy al Qaima, Zoology in the Middle East Volume 43, Issue 1, 2008, p. 55-68
3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0