锄足蟾是数种分布于地中海、北非和西亚的蟾蜍。

后足有锐利、黑色、铲形的凸出物，可以用来挖土。皮肤粗糙。夜行性动物，瞳孔垂直。

共有4种：

• 强刃锄足蟾 - P. cultripes (Cuvier, 1829)
• 棕色锄足蟾 - P. fuscus (Laurenti, 1768)
• 叙利亚锄足蟾 - P. syriacus Boettger, 1889
• 瓦拉锄足蟾 - P. varaldii Pasteur and Bons, 1959

The European spadefoot toads are a family of frogs, the Pelobatidae, with only one extant genus Pelobates, containing four species. They are native to Europe, the Mediterranean, northwestern Africa, and western Asia.