Hammond's Spadefoot, 



Western Spadefoot. 



Hammond's Spea. West- 

 ern Spadefoot Toad. 

 Cope's Spea (bombi- 

 frons). New Mexican 

 Spea (stagnalis). 



Plate VII. i. Male (xf). 

 2. Male (xi). 3. Egg masses 

 (x§). 4. Tadpole (xi). 5. 

 Transformed frog (xf). 6. Fe- 

 male (X§). 7. Male (left) and 

 female (right) (xf). 



Scaphiopus hammondii 

 Baird. 



Range: North Dakota and 

 British Columbia to Okla- 

 homa, Texas and Mexico, 

 west to the Pacific coast 

 states. 



Habitat: They live under- 

 ground in burrows which they 

 dig in soft earth by backing 

 into the ground, digging with 

 their hind feet which are 

 armed with spades. They 

 rock the body as they dig and 

 the dirt falls into the bur- 

 rows on top of the toads. 

 They breed commonly in 

 temporary rain pools or tem- 

 porary overflow areas. 



Size: Adults, 1 1/2-2 2/5 

 inches. (Males, 37.5-59 mm. 

 Females, 37.5-61 mm.). 



General appearance: The 

 body is stout and toad-like, 

 small in size. The eyes are 

 large and protuberant with 

 vertical pupils. The skin is 

 fine, relatively smooth, dot- 

 ted with fine roundish tuber- 

 cles. The back is greenish, the 

 sides yellowish glaucous or 



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