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    Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae). The specific epithet...
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    American spadefoot toads, which are native to North America. The family is small, comprising only eleven different species. The American spadefoot toads are...
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    referred to as the North American spadefoots, southern spadefoots, or eastern spadefoot toads. They differ greatly from true toads (those of the family Bufonidae)...
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    1863) New Mexico spadefoot toad, Spea multiplicata (Cope, 1863) Genus Scaphiopus, southern spadefoot toads Couch's spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus couchii...
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  • narrowmouth toad) Family Scaphiopodidae (spadefoot toads) Genus Scaphiopus (spadefoot toads) Scaphiopus couchii (Couch's spadefoot toad) Genus Spea (western...
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    species that are known as Couch's kingbird and Couch's spadefoot toad. Upon his return to the United States in 1854, Couch was ordered to Washington,...
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    narrow-mouthed toad (Gastrophryne olivacea) and Couch's spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchii). The Texas toad sometimes hybridizes with Woodhouse's toad (Anaxyrus...
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    a waterproof cocoon to retain moisture. In the Sonoran Desert, Couch's spadefoot toad spends most of the year dormant in its burrow. Heavy rain is the...
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    types underground and hibernating while conditions are adverse. Couch's spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchii) emerges from its burrow when a downpour occurs...
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    Native amphibian species include the Couch's spadefoot toad, Chiricahua leopard frog, and the Sonoran desert toad. Phoenix and the surrounding areas are...
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    species of toads: the Great Plains toad, the western toad, and the red-spotted toad; three species of spadefoot toads: Couch's spadefoot toad, the plains...
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    produce short-lived seasonal pools that host uncommon species like Couch's spadefoot toad. Desert fan palm oases are rare ecological communities found only...
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    Nearctic spadefoot toads Genus Scaphiopus Holbrook, 1836 Eastern or Southern Spadefoot Toads (3 species) Species Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854 - Couch's spadefoot...
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    bullfrog, Arizona toad, Arizona tree frog, canyon tree frog, chiricahua leopard frog, Couch's spadefoot toad, Great Plains toad, Mexican spadefoot, northern leopard...
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  • venancioi Couch's spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus couchii) Scaphiopus holbrookii Hurter's spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus hurterii) Plains spadefoot toad (Spea bombifrons)...
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    crested toad Red-eyed tree frog Red-spotted toad Rio Grande leopard frog Rio Grande siren Sierra Madre salamander Couch's spadefoot toad Texas toad Tiger...
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    produce short-lived seasonal pools that host uncommon species like Couch's spadefoot toad. Desert California fan palm oases are rare ecological communities...
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    "burrowing frog". Scaphiopodidae are a family of frogs. Commonly called spadefoot frogs, they are often inconspicuously coloured. Members of this family...
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  • * LC Burrowing toad, Rhinophrynus dorsalis LC North American spadefoot toads Couch's spadefoot, Scaphiopus couchii LC Eastern spadefoot, Scaphiopus holbrookii...
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    Bufonidae is a family of toads, often called the "true toads". Although a widely varied family, Bufonidae includes the stereotypical toad: dry warty skin and...
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    toe pads, if any, and little webbing. Some burrowing frogs such as Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) have a flap-like toe extension on the hind feet...
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  • Image Species Common name Scaphiopus couchii Couch's spadefoot Spea hammondii Western spadefoot Spea intermontana Great Basin spadefoot...
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    State of Colorado include wild salamanders, frogs, and toads. *Although it bears the common name "toad", Gastrophryne olivacea is taxonomically a frog. †Bullfrogs...
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  • explains that the frequency of the marine toad's call is about 600 cycles per second while that of the oak toad is about 5200 cycles per second. To illustrate...
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    Great Plains toad, the most common toad in the park, prefers grasslands. Resident spadefoot toads include the New Mexico, plains, and Couch's varieties....
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    fragilis) Municipality of Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico (12 August 2003). Couch's Spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii), Cameron County, Texas, USA (11 April 2016)....
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    meadow basin also formed a spawning area for the strictly nocturnal spadefoot toad, which the German Society for Herpetology and Terrarial Science named...
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  • emergence—in a pool created only minutes before—of a pair of adult spadefoot toads. Toads who had been waiting beneath the sand for a year for this brief...
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  • frog from the late Paleocene of Mongolia uncovers a deep history of spadefoot toads (Pelobatoidea) in East Asia". Scientific Reports. 6: Article number...
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