Amphibians › North American Spadefoots
Plains Spadefoot
Spea bombifrons
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Mexican SpadefootSpea multiplicata
Couch's SpadefootScaphiopus couchii
Woodhouse's ToadAnaxyrus woodhousii
Western SpadefootSpea hammondii
Great Basin SpadefootSpea intermontana
Hurter's SpadefootScaphiopus hurterii
Great Plains ToadAnaxyrus cognatus
Red-spotted ToadAnaxyrus punctatus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 10,545 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 3,903 |
| Oklahoma | 1,463 |
| New Mexico | 1,420 |
| Canada | 1,092 |
| Alberta | 592 |
| Colorado | 537 |
| South Dakota | 402 |
| Arizona | 366 |
| Kansas | 344 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification
Physical
- MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
- Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Amphibians · Amphibia |
| Order | Frogs and Toads · Anura |
| Family | North American Spadefoots · Scaphiopodidae |
| Genus | Western Spadefoots · Spea |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Plains Spadefoot with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.