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Meaning of "spadefoot"
spadefoot (noun): A type of amphibian characterized by a distinctive spade-like projection on its hind feet, typically found in North and Central America
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- Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.
- Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads)
- Borneophrys (Edwardina's spadefoot toads)
- Pelobates (European spadefoot toads)
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Plains spadefoot toads are nocturnal and secretive.
Its range does not overlap with the common spadefoot.
The spadefoot is a protected species by law.
After the rains have fallen spadefoot toads all emerge together.
Spadefoot tadpoles are dimorphic.
Their common name is Australian spadefoot toads.
Great Basin spadefoot toads have adapted to life in dry habitats.
The Scaphiopodidae are a family of American spadefoot toads.
Diurnal retreats of the spadefoot toad Scaphiopus hammondii.
Existing protection Most of the habitat suitable for the Great Basin Spadefoot is unprotected.
Dimorphism in larval mouthparts in spadefoot toads of the Scaphiopus hammondii group.
It is a relatively smooth-skinned species of American spadefoot toad.
Brachytarsophrys intermedia ( Annam spadefoot toad ) is a species of frog in the Megophryidae family.
Unlike most tadpoles, which are exclusively herbivores and filter feeders, spadefoot tadpoles are omnivores.
The American spadefoot toads are of typical shape to most fossorial ( or burrowing ) frogs.
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Great Basin spadefoot.
Carnivorous spadefoot ( Spea bombifrons Cope ) tadpoles and fairy shrimp in western Iowa.
Unlike other toads which have horizontal pupils, spadefoot toads have vertical pupils.
The Northern Spadefoot Toad ( Notaden melanoscaphus ) is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.
One species of particular concern is the eastern spadefoot toad ( Scaphiopus holbrookii ).
The Desert Spadefoot Toad ( Notaden nichollsi ) is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family.
The Spanish tooth carp and Iberian spadefoot toad, in the Llobregat Delta.
There, he discovered the species that were known as Couch 's kingbird and Couch 's spadefoot toad.
Couch 's spadefoot toad.
The spadefoot toads ( Scaphiopus spp . ) of North America fall into this category.
Effects of larval density on postmetamorphic spadefoot toads ( Spea hammondii ).
The Great Basin spadefoot ( " Spea intermontana " ) is a species of toad in the Scaphiopodidae family.
Population ecology of the spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus h . holbrookii ( Harlan ).
Eastern spadefoot (north america).
Western spadefoot ( Pelobates cultripes ).
