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Spadefoot

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Spade´foot`    (spād´fŎt`)
n.1.(Zool.) Any species of burrowing toads of the genus Scaphiopus, esp. Scaphiopus Holbrookii, of the Eastern United States; - called also spade toad.
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Noun1.Spadefoot - a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind footspadefoot - a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot
spadefoot toad
anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog - any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
family Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae - the amphibian family of spadefoot toads
Scaphiopus hammondii, western spadefoot - this spadefoot toad live in California
Scaphiopus multiplicatus, southern spadefoot - this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States
plains spadefoot, Scaphiopus bombifrons - this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
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The plains spadefoot toad spawns offspring that grow up faster if dad is a different species called the Mexican spadefoot, says Karin Pfennig of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Mr. not wrong: not my species? Not a problem by Milius, S. / Science News
Unarmored three-spine stickleback fish, San Fernando Valley spineflowers, Southwest arroyo toads, Western spadefoot toads, horned lizards and many other species already call the project site home.
NEWHALL RANCH WILDLIFE POSES PUZZLE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In fact, the only time that the author bears down on a carnal topic involves libidinous amphibians: After we went to bed [following a rainfall] we could hear the first sounds of the spadefoot toads, which had emerged from their holes under the bed of the dirt tank.
In-version by Setear, John K. / Stanford Law Review
 
 
 
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