Mexican Spadefoot
Spea multiplicata
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Amphibians
The New Mexico spadefoot toad is a species of American spadefoot toad found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like other species of spadefoot toad, they get their name from a distinctive spade-like projections on their hind legs, which enable them to dig in sandy soils. Spea multiplicata can be identified by its wedge-shaped spade. Some sources also refer to the species as the Mexican spadefoot toad, desert spadefoot toad or southern spadefoot toad.
Classification
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Scaphiopodidae
- Genus
- Spea