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Eastern Spadefoot
Scaphiopus holbrookii
Description
Smooth skin with small pink warts on back and sides. Wide head and short snout, No bony ridges between eyes, small parotids are small and round, large gold eyes, has vertically elliptical black pupil. Dorsal color light brown to dark greenish gray with yellowish stripes from eyes to rump.
Stats
Size
1 ¾ - 2 ¼ inches
Status
Uncommon
Similar Species
American and Fowler's toads
Diet
Earthworms, arachnids, arthropods (beetles, moths, etc.)
Habitat
Flooded fields, loose sandy soils in low elevations
Reproduction
Breeding is triggered by torrential rainfall anytime in spring or summer. Males will call with a single loud “whar”. Hundreds of eggs are adhered to vegetation. Eggs and tadpoles develop rapidly.
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