Couch's spadefoot toad

Couch's spadefoot toad
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Scaphiopodidae
Genus: Scaphiopus
Species:
S. couchii
Binomial name
Scaphiopus couchii
Baird, 1854
The call of Couch's spadefoot toad

Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae).[2] The specific epithet couchii is in honor of American naturalist Darius Nash Couch, who collected the first specimen while on a personal expedition to northern Mexico to collect plant, mineral, and animal specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.[3]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Scaphiopus couchii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T59041A53972475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T59041A53972475.en. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ Frost, Darrel R. (2015). "Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. ^ Beltz, Ellin (15 January 2007). "Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained".

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