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Couch's Spadefoot - Scaphiopus couchii
Sapo Cavador de Couch
Baird, 1854 Short calling sound |
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| Adult, near Loreto, Baja California Sur, emerged after a hurricane © William Flaxington |
Adult female, Cape Region, Baja California Sur © Brad Murakami | Adult, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young |
| Couch's Spadefoots from Outside Baja California | ||
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| Adult female, Pima County, Arizona, U.S.A. |
Adult male, Yuma County, Arizona, U.S.A. |
A small hardened black "spade" on each rear foot helps with digging and gives the "spadefoot" family of frogs its name. |
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| Habitat, Baja California Sur © William Flaxington |
Habitat, San Ignacio, Baja California Sur © Stuart Young | |
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| Male spadefoots call at night from a temporary rain pool in Arizona, U.S.A. |
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References:
Grismer, L. Lee. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California, Including Its Pacific Islands and the Islands in the Sea of Cortés. The University of California Press, 2002. McPeak, Ron H. Amphibians and Reptiles of Baja California. Sea Challengers, 2000. Samuel M. McGinnis and Robert C. Stebbins. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles & Amphibians. 4th Edition. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2018. Stebbins, Robert C. A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians. 3rd Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. The Reptile Database San Diego Natural History Museum |
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