spadefoot toad

The American spadefoot toads are terrestrial when not under ground.

Western spadefoot toads take longer to mature (at least three weeks).

The eggs of the spadefoot toad hatches in three days.

This is because spadefoot toads lay their eggs in places where water will dry up soon.

The European spadefoot toads are small to large sized frogs.

Spadefoot toads share their breeding pools with a number of other animals and plants.

Great Basin spadefoot toads have adapted to life in dry habitats.

Though more effort is still needed to ensure the future of the Eastern Spadefoot toad.

The spadefoot toads of North America are also adapted to underground life.

Juvenile western spadefoot toads look similar to adults, but have more distinct spotting.

The spadefoot toad will spit on the ground.

This spadefoot toad is at home in the dry desert lands of North America.

It is typical of species that breed in short-lived pools, like the spadefoot toad.

The Scaphiopodidae are a family of endangered American spadefoot toads.

The banded newt and the eastern spadefoot toad are critically endangered.

Spadefoot toads are found throughout the United States and into northern Mexico.

The average life span for the Western Spadefoot Toad is about 12 years.

The herpetological community is still talking about a Western spadefoot toad recently discovered in a marsh at the preserve.

Another amphibian, the spadefoot toad, appears to put its low-frequency hearing to a novel use.

Spadefoot toads live only on algae and insects.

The tadpoles of some spadefoot toads are gregarious and form large moving shoals.

The plains spadefoot toad generally grows from 1.5 to 2.5 inches in length, has a round body, with relatively short legs.

Better to rail against the endowment's investment in tobacco stocks, say, or the plight of the spadefoot toad.

In another jar, looking drowsy, crouched a three-inch spadefoot toad.

Their common name is Australian spadefoot toads.