What is Common toad?
{{Taxobox | name = Common toad | status = LC | status_system = iucn3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2006|assessors=Beja, P. ''et al.'' |year=2004|id=54596|title=Bufo bufo|downloaded=12 May 2006}} Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern.</ref> | image = Bufo bufo sitting-Iric2006.jpg | image_caption = A common toad | image_width = 220px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | familia = [[Bufonidae]] | genus = ''[[Bufo]]'' | binomial = ''Bufo bufo'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] 1758 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://africanamphibians.lifedesks.org/pages/25503 |title=''Bufo bufo'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |publisher=African Amphibians Lifedesk |access-date=2012-06-21 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |range_map= Bufo bufo distribution.png |range_map_width= |range_map_caption=Range map of common toad }} The '''common toad''' or '''European toad''' (''Bufo bufo'') is an [[amphibian]]. They are found in most of [[Europe]], except for [[Ireland]], [[Iceland]] and some [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] islands. The toad usually lies hidden during the day. It becomes active at dusk and spends the night hunting for the [[invertebrate]]s on which it feeds. It moves with a slow ungainly walk or a short jump. It has a greyish brown skin covered with wart-like lumps. The toads in this [[genus]] are known as true toads. They have no teeth, a dry warty skin and horizontal pupils to the eyes.<ref>{{cite web| title=Amphibian Species of the World 5.1 - Bufonidae |url=http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/names.php?taxon=&family=Bufonidae&subfamily=&genus=&commname=&authority=&year=&geo=0&dist=&comment=| access-date=2012-06-12}}</ref> ==Description== [[file:Bufo bufo-walking-Iric2006.jpg|thumb|alt=Common toad walking|Common toad walking]] The common toad can grow to about {{convert|15|cm|0|abbr=on}} in length. Females grow larger than males. Tho