New Mexico Spadefoot

The New Mexico Spadefoot is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The New Mexico Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata) is a species of American spadefoot toad found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. More

New Mexico spadefoot toad in Albuquerque, NM showing vertical pupil of eye - photo by J. N. More

The New Mexico Spadefoot (Scaphiopus hammondi) is approximately 1- More

group of New Mexico Spadefoots calling at night while floating in a small temporary rain pond in Santa Cruz County, Arizona in August. Insects are calling in the background. More

New Mexico Spadefoot - Spea multiplicata stagnalis Spea multiplicata stagnalis from Cochise County, Arizona Photo by Dylan Buetzow Range of Spea multiplicata stagnalis Range of Spea multiplicata stagnalis Map by USGS More

New Mexico spadefoot, while others consider it a subspecies of the Western Spadefoot (Scaphiopus hammondi multiplicata). It hybridizes with the Plains Spadefoot where their ranges overlap. More

New mexico spadefoot (Spea multiplicata) Potential Distribution Map * Resource Identifier: http://gapmap.nbii.gov/generatemap. More

even cannibals, but the New Mexico spadefoot toad is one of only a few species that transform, Jekyll and Hyde-like, into an active predator. More

Order : Anura
Family : Scaphiopodidae
Genus : Spea
Species : multiplicata
Authority : (Cope, 1863)