What is American spadefoot toads?
{{Taxobox | name = American Spadefoot Toads | image = Spea hammondii 1.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Western Spadefoot Toad (''[[Spea hammondii]]'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | subordo = [[Mesobatrachia]] | familia = '''Scaphiopodidae''' | familia_authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1865 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = ''[[Scaphiopus]]''<br/> ''[[Spea]]'' | range_map = SCAPHIOPODIDAE range.PNG | range_map_caption = Distribution of Scaphiopodidae (in black) }} An '''American spadefood toad''' is one of a [[family (biology)|family]] of toads known as '''Scaphiopodidae'''. They live in [[North America]], in southern [[Canada]] and [[USA]] south to southern [[Mexico]]. Scaphiopodidae is a small family with only seven species. The American spadefoot toads are of typical shape to most digging frogs. They are round, with short legs and eyes that stick out. This frog has a hard growth on their feet which helps them to dig. They dig backwards into the ground.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scaphiopodidae (Cope, 1865) American Spadefoot Toads| url=http://www.livingunderworld.org/anura/database/scaphiopodidae/| access-date=2006-05-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060830134525/http://www.livingunderworld.org/anura/database/scaphiopodidae/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2006-08-30}}</ref> The American spadefoot toads live on land when not under ground. They are dully coloured, usually a grey or dull green or brown. This is to help in [[camouflage]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline|Scaphiopodidae}} *[http://www.tolweb.org/Scaphiopodidae/106213 Scaphiopodidae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011192934/http://www.tolweb.org/Scaphiopodidae/106213 |date=2012-10-11 }} at Tree of Life [[Category:Frogs of North America]]