Pelobatidae Pelobates fuscus Pelodytes ibericus
Pelobates syriacus Boettger, 1889
Eastern Spadefoot, Syrian Spadefoot Toad
P. syriacus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Subadult, Adana, Turkey
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. syriacus (© Lars Bergendorf)

Adult, Prespa, Greece, May 2000
(Photo by Lars Bergendorf, club100.net)
P. syriacus (© Lars Bergendorf)

Adult, Prespa, Greece, May 2000
(Photo by Lars Bergendorf, club100.net)
P. syriacus (© Jeroen Speybroeck)

Adult, Near Alexandropouli airport, Greece, May 4, 2004
(Photo by Jeroen Speybroeck, Herpetofauna of Europe)
Distribution:
Northern Israel; Lebanon; northern Syria; northern Iraq; Turkey; Caspian Iran; eastern Transcaucasia; eastern Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, southeastern Romania, and parts of Greece, Russia, Bulgaria
Similar species:
Pelobates cultripes (Pelobatidae)
Pelobates fuscus (Pelobatidae)
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