American toad

species of amphibian
Taxon taxon Q694496
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American toad

Summary

American toad is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,287 views/month, #1,385 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • American toad's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • American toad is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • American toad's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • American toad belongs to the parent taxon Anaxyrus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, American toad is Anaxyrus americanus[7].
  • American toad's Commons category is recorded as Anaxyrus americanus[8].
  • American toad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Anaxyrus americanus[9].
  • American toad's Commons gallery is recorded as Anaxyrus americanus[10].
  • American toad's original combination is recorded as Bufo americanus[11].
  • American toad's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'A. americanus'}[12].
  • American toad is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Toad'}[13].
  • American toad's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[14].
  • American toad's diel cycle is recorded as crepuscular[15].

Body

Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, American toad is Anaxyrus americanus[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Anaxyrus[6]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'American Toad'}[13].

Identifiers

American toad's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 64968[16]. American toad's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8389[17]. American toad's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1019159[18]. American toad's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2422872[19]. American toad's ITIS TSN is recorded as 773511[20].

Why It Matters

American toad ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,287 views/month, #1,385 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] . wikidata.org.
  17. [14] . wikidata.org.
  18. [15] . Out of the dark: 350 million years of conservatism and evolution in diel activity patterns in vertebrates. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Anaxyrus
    Diel cycle crepuscular
    Instance of taxon
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987012430929105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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