western spadefoot

Related to western spadefoot: plains spadefoot, Scaphiopus hammondii

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western spadefoot - this spadefoot toad live in California

genus Scaphiopus, Scaphiopus - New World spadefoot toads

spadefoot, spadefoot toad - a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot

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The western spadefoot (Spea hammondii), which shares a similar distribution as B.

Late-season reproduction in western toads (Bufo boreas)

This feature makes them a preferred substrate for numerous reptiles and amphibians occurring within the region, particularly those with burying or burrowing tendencies such as the southern California legless lizard (Anniella stebbinsi), the California glossy snake (Arizona elgans occidentalis), Blainville's horned lizard (Phrynosoma blain villii), the Gilbert skink (Plestiodon gilberti), and the western spadefoot (Spea hammondii) (Mosauer, 1932; Lemm, 2006; Stebbins and McGinnis, 2012).

Rare alluvial sands of El Monte Valley, California (San Diego county), support high herpetofaunal species richness and diversity, despite severe habitat disturbance

Western Spadefoot Toads range from northern California to northwestern Baja California, Mexico.

The Western Spadefoot Toad is a desert-adapted and opportunistic breeding species that synchronizes its reproduction with infrequent and unpredictable rainfall (Denver 1998).

Temporally irregular breeding of western Spadefoot toads (Spea hammondii) in managed wetlands

May you be in the post office line and have someone ask you the difference between the Sonoran Green Toad and the Western Spadefoot.

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The status of California and Arizona populations of the western spadefoot toads (genus Scaphiopus).

Dietary composition of the Mexican spadefoot toad (Spea multiplicata) from a sand dune habitat in southwestern Coahuila, Mexico

Krause cites the example of the threatened Western spadefoot toad, which can be found in California's Mono Lake basin.

Preserving the peace and quiet; the dull roar of progress and its machines is overwhelming the ambient sounds of nature in the parks and harming wildlife in the process. The Park Service and environmental groups are working to restore the soundscape, as important to an ecosystem--and our own well-being--as clean air and water

An amphibian pictured in your article, ["Prying Into the Lives of Frogs," October/November 1999], which the photo caption described as an endangered arroyo toad, is in fact a western spadefoot toad.

Modern Obstructions

In this study we examined, in a controlled laboratory setting, phenotypic plasticity in development time of the western spadefoot toad Scaphiopus hammondii as influenced by changes in the water volume of the larval habitat.

Adaptive plasticity in amphibian metamorphosis: response of Scaphiopus hammondii tadpoles to habitat dessication

The western spadefoot toad lives most of its life underground in and parts of the western United States.