Scaphiopus
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Name (Hebrew)
חפריתיים אמריקאים
Name (Latin)
Scaphiopus
Other forms of name
Eastern spadefoot toads
Southern spadefoot toads
Southern spadefoots
Spadefoot toads, Eastern
Spadefoot toads, Southern
Spadefoots, Southern
See Also From tracing topical name
Scaphiopodidae
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q2317066
Library of congress:
sh 85117999
Sources of Information
- Standard common and current scientific names for North American amphibians, turtles, reptiles & crocodilians, via Center for North Amer. Herpetology web site, Apr. 28, 2004(Scaphiopus - Southern Spadefoots. Scaphiopodidae - North American Spadefoots)
- NatureServe explorer, via WWW, Apr. 28, 2004(Genus Scaphiopus, Family Scaphiopodidae. Garcia-Paris et al. (2003) used mtDNA to examine the phylogenetic relationships of Pelobatoidea and found that the family Pelobatidae, as previously defined, is not monophyletic (Pelobates is sister to Megophryidae, not to Spea/Scaphiopus). They split the Pelobatidae into two families: Eurasian spadefoot toads (Pelobates), which retain the name Pelobatidae, and North American spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus, Spea), which make up the revived family Scaphiopodidae)
- Amphibian species of the world, via WWW, Apr. 28, 2004(Scaphiopus Holbrook, 1836. Family Pelobatidae. English names: Southern Spadefoots, Eastern Spadefoot Toads, Spade Foot Toads)
- Checklist of amphibian species and identification guide, via WWW, Apr. 28, 2004(North American Spadefoots - Genus Scaphiopus. Family Pelobatidae - Spadefoots)
- ITIS, Apr. 28, 2004(Scaphiopus Holbrook, 1836 -- valid -- North American spadefoots. Family Pelobatidae)
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Scaphiopus couchii ANRA
Clinton & Charles Robertson from Texas, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:Scaphiopus couchii2.jpg
en:User:Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.5
File:Scaphiopus couchii ANRA.jpg
Clinton & Charles Robertson from Texas, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
File:Southern Spadefoot toad, florida.jpg
Glenn Bartolotti, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikipedia description:
Scaphiopus is a genus of North American amphibian commonly referred to as the North American spadefoots, southern spadefoots, or eastern spadefoot toads. They differ greatly from true toads (those of the family Bufonidae) by having eyes with vertical pupils, no parotoid gland, and relatively smooth skin. Their most distinctive feature is a spade-like projection on their hind feet, from which their common name is derived. This projection enables spadefoot toads to dig in loose soils with ease. Its scientific name means ‘spade-foot’ as well, from the Ancient Greek skaphís (σκαφίς, ‘spade, shovel’) and pous (πούς, ‘foot, leg’).
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