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spadefoot toad

DEFINITIONS OF: spadefoot toad

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

Synonyms:
spadefoot
Types:
Scaphiopus hammondii, western spadefoot
this spadefoot toad live in California
Scaphiopus multiplicatus, southern spadefoot
this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States
Scaphiopus bombifrons, plains spadefoot
this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
Type of:
anuran, batrachian, frog, salientian, toad, toad frog
any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
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