spadefoots

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• Couch's Spadefoot Toad — Conservation status Least Concern ( …   Wikipedia

• spadefoot — noun a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade like projection on each hind foot • Syn: ↑spadefoot toad • Hypernyms: ↑frog, ↑toad, ↑toad frog, ↑anuran, ↑batrachian, ↑salientian …   Useful english dictionary

• American spadefoot toads — Taxobox name = American Spadefoot Toads image width = 240px image caption = Western Spadefoot Toad ( Spea hammondii ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura subordo = Mesobatrachia familia = Scaphiopodidae familia… …   Wikipedia

• Fauna of Canada — The fauna of Canada is considered to be diverse across Canada. Canada has multiple ecosystems, ranging from lush forests of British Columbia, to the prairies of Western Canada, to the tundra of the Northern Canada. With a large land mass, and… …   Wikipedia

• spadefoot — /spayd foot /, n., pl. spadefoots. See spadefoot toad. [1835 45; SPADE1 + FOOT] * * * …   Universalium

• spadefoot toad — any of several nocturnal toads of the family Pelobatidae, common in the Northern Hemisphere, characterized by a horny, spadelike projection on each hind foot for burrowing under the soil. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * ▪ amphibian       relatively smooth …   Universalium

• Anura — ▪ amphibian order Introduction also called  Salientia    one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia (amphibian). It includes the frogs (frog) and toads (toad), which, because of their wide distribution, are known by most people around… …   Universalium

• spadefoot — noun (plural spadefoots) 1》 (usu. spadefoot toad) a plump, short legged burrowing toad with a prominent sharp edged tubercle on the hind feet. [Scaphiophus (America), Pelobates (Europe), and other genera.] 2》 a square enlargement at the end of a… …   English new terms dictionary