Great Plains Toad (Bufo cognatus) wildspecies.ca

May Be At Risk

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Amphibians

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The General Status ranks do not have legal weight. They are meant to identify the species that may be at risk in Canada.

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Common Names

English common name:

Great Plains Toad

Source: Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.

French common name:

Crapaud des steppes

In French, species in the family Bufonidae are named "Crapaud" (masculine).

Year	English common name	French common name
2000	Great Plains Toad	Crapaud des steppes
2005	Great Plains Toad	Crapaud des steppes
2010	Great Plains Toad	Crapaud des steppes
2015	Great Plains Toad
2020	Great Plains Toad

Source: iNaturalist

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Subkingdom

BILATERIA

Infrakingdom

DEUTEROSTOMIA

Phylum

Chordata

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Infraphylum

Gnathostomata

Superclass

Tetrapoda

Class

Amphibia

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2000	Bufo cognatus	Bufonidae	Anura
2005	Bufo cognatus	Bufonidae	Anura
2010	Anaxyrus cognatus	Bufonidae	Anura
2015	Anaxyrus cognatus	Bufonidae	Anura
2020	Anaxyrus cognatus	Bufonidae	Anura

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change
2000	Imperiled
2005	Vulnerable	Reduced level of risk.	New COSEWIC assessment.
2010	Vulnerable
2015	Vulnerable
2020	Vulnerable

Original Ranks:

Canada
2000	May Be At Risk - 2
2005	Sensitive - 3
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Vulnerable - N3
2020	Vulnerable - N3

Yukon
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Northwest Territories
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nunavut
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

British Columbia
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Alberta
2000	May Be At Risk - 2
2005	May Be At Risk - 2
2010	May Be At Risk - 2
2015	Imperiled - S2S3
2020	Imperiled - S2S3

Saskatchewan
2000	Sensitive - 3
2005	At Risk - 1
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Vulnerable - S3
2020	Vulnerable - S3

Manitoba
2000	At Risk - 1
2005	At Risk - 1
2010	At Risk - 1
2015	Imperiled - S2
2020	Imperiled - S2

Ontario
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Quebec
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

New Brunswick
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nova Scotia
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Prince Edward Island
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland and Labrador
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015
2020

Labrador
2000
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland
2000
2005
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Pacific Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2005	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present