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An American eastern spadefoot. The average length of an adult eastern spadefoot is 44–57 mm (1 + 3 ⁄ 4 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in). It is brownish in color, with two yellowish stripes on its back. These stripes, which begin on the upper eyelids, may diverge or converge, resulting in a pattern resembling a lyre or an hourglass.
Frogspawn (eggs) of the eastern spadefoot, Rehovot Vernal pool, Israel Close up of a several days old frogspawn (eggs) of the eastern spadefoot Rehovot Vernal pool, Israel. The eastern spadefoot is nocturnal and returns to the same lair each night when it has finished foraging for molluscs, spiders, insects and other small arthropods. As well ...
Scaphiopus is a genus of North American amphibian commonly referred to as the North American spadefoots, southern spadefoots, or eastern spadefoot toads. [1] They differ greatly from true toads (those of the family Bufonidae ) by having eyes with vertical pupils , no parotoid gland , and relatively smooth skin .
The eastern spadefoot is the only species found east of the Mississippi River, ranging from New England to southern Florida. The Great Basin spadefoot and the plains spadefoot are both found in Western Canada and the northwestern U.S., but the plains spadefoot has also spread into Texas and northern Mexico.
Eastern spadefoot or Eastern spadefoot toad may refer to: Scaphiopus holbrookii or eastern spadefoot, a toad found in North America; Pelobates syriacus or eastern spadefoot, a toad found in Eastern Europe and the Middle East; Eastern spadefoot toads (Leptobrachium), a genus of Southeast Asian toads, from family Megophryidae, unrelated to the ...
The Great Basin spadefoot (Spea intermontana) is a species of toad in the family Scaphiopodidae. The natural habitats of the Great Basin spadefoot include pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine, and high elevation spruce-fir forests, semidesert shrubland, sagebrush flats, temperate grasslands, and deserts. They are present in agricultural areas as well.
Eastern spadefoot toads (Leptobrachium, also known as large-eyed litter frogs [1]) comprise a genus of the family Megophryidae in the order Anura, and are found in southern China, northeast India, southeast Asia, and islands of the Sunda Shelf as well as the Philippines. [2] They are characterized by a stocky body with slender, short hindlimbs. [3]
The call of Couch's spadefoot toad. Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae). [2] The specific epithet couchii is in honor of American naturalist Darius Nash Couch, who collected the first specimen while on a personal expedition to northern Mexico to collect plant, mineral, and animal specimens for ...