Hurter's Spadefoot
Scaphiopus hurterii
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Amphibians
Hurter's spadefoot toad or Hurter's spadefoot is a species of American spadefoot toad found in the south central United States ; its range might extend to the adjacent northern Mexico. It was once classified as a subspecies of the eastern spadefoot toad, but it has been granted its own species status. The specific name hurterii is in honor of the Swiss-American naturalist and curator of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences, Julius Hurter.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Scaphiopodidae
- Genus
- Scaphiopus