spadefoot
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Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 30, 2023
They include the black bear, Western scrub jay, California flannel brush, California bumble bee, California halibut, Northern elephant seal, Dungeness crab, California bay tree, Western spadefoot toad, and the endangered black abalone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2023
When summer storms soak the normally dry plains, spadefoot toads emerge from their burrows to lay eggs in short-lived pools.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2018
For two spadefoot toad species whose ranges overlap in the American Southwest, the water levels in seasonal ponds affect their mating habits.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2014
The spadefoot toads and turtles and slithering creatures, the chattering of black insects.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
“This is a behavior that breaks all the rules of evolution,” says Karin Pfennig, a biologist at the University of North Carolina who studies the spadefoots.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2014
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