Scaphiopus


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Noun 1. [画像:Scaphiopus - New World spadefoot toads]Scaphiopus - New World spadefoot toads
amphibian genus - any genus of amphibians
family Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae - the amphibian family of spadefoot toads
Scaphiopus hammondii, western spadefoot - this spadefoot toad live in California
Scaphiopus multiplicatus, southern spadefoot - this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States
plains spadefoot, Scaphiopus bombifrons - this spadefoot toad lives in plains and hills and river bottoms in areas of low rainfall east of the Rocky Mountains
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Postembryonic ontogeny of the spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus intermontanus (Anura: Pelobatidae): External morphology.
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Facultative oviposition of Eastern Newt (Notophthalmus viridescens) in response to water reduction of aquatic habitats
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Aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate communities of ephemeral stream ecosystems in the arid Southwestern United States
B., 2002.--Granulomatous dermatitis in a spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus holbrooki).
Hongos dermico saprofitos de Dendropsophus columbianus (Hylidae) en Caloto, Colombia
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Herpetofaunal survey of the griffith league ranch in the lost pines ecoreg ion of texas
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