Eastern Spadefoot
Scientific Name: Scaphiopus holbrookii
Size: 1.75-2.25 inches (4-6 cm) in length
PA Status: Endangered Species
Habitat Type:
Sandy soil along the floodplains of streams and rivers.
Eastern Spadefoot Toad - Scaphiopus holbrookii
Diagnostic Features:
Size: 2 to 3 inches (45 to 72 mm)
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Eastern Spadefoot
Scaphiopus holbrookii
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Eastern Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus holbrookii)
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Eastern Spadefoot Family: Bufonidae
Eastern American Toad
Fowler's Toad Family: Hylidae ...
Eastern Spadefoot
Description: Eastern spadefoots (Scaphiopus holbrookii) are 1.75 - 3 inches long. They have a spade-like protuberance on each hind foot for digging. Their coloration varies from gray to brown.
Eastern Spadefoot Toad - Scaphiopus holbrookii holbrookii
Description: 1 ¾ - 3" (4.4-7.5 cm). Sickle-shaped spade on each hind foot used for digging. Smooth skin with only a few warts. Brown to olive color.
Eastern Spadefoot. The geologically isolated Crowley's Ridge is still home to the
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Midwest Worm Snake, although the ...
Eastern Spadefoot Scaphiopus holbrookii holbrookii
The eastern spadefoot is often called a toad because it resembles one, but it is actually a primitive species of frog that spends most of its life underground, ...
The Eastern Spadefoot Toad, Scaphiopus holbrookii holbrookii, is found in temporary ponds statewide. It is greenish to brown with light stripes. Its spades are black. It has warty skin and large eyes with vertical pupils. It is 3" long.
eastern spadefoot (Scaphiopus holbrooki)
eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
four-toed salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum)
Fowler's toad (Bufo fowleri)
gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)
greater siren (Siren lacertina) ...
Couch's Spadefoot - Scaphiopus couchii
Eastern Spadefoot - Scaphiopus holbrookii
Hurter's Spadefoot - Scaphiopus hurterii (formerly S. holbrookii hurterii)
Smilisca baudinii - Mexican Treefrog ...
Habitat destruction, especially on vernal pools, may impact wood frog populations and the populations of other amphibian, especially the eastern spadefoot toad, which is an endangered species here in Connecticut.
ANURA: Pelobatidae (Spadefoot Toads) Common Name Scientific Name Distribution
Eastern Spadefoot*
Scaphiopus holbrookii ...
The genus Spea was suggested for western species of spadefoots by Cope in 1866 due to morphological differences between them and eastern spadefoots (Cope 1866 pg 81).
 See also: Spadefoot, Toad, Leopard, Leopard Frog, Wood Frog
  
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