Varaldi's Spadefoot Toad

Varaldi's Spadefoot Toad
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pelobatidae
Genus:	Pelobates
Species:	P. varaldii
Binomial name
Pelobates varaldii Pasteur & Bons, 1959

The Varaldi's Spadefoot Toad, Pélobate De Varaldi, or Pélobate Marocain (Pelobates varaldii) is a species of frog in the Pelobatidae family. It is found in Morocco and possibly Spain. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marches. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

• Salvador, A., Donaire-Barroso, D., Tahar, S. & El Mouden, E.H. 2004. Pelobates varaldii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.