What is Plains spadefoot toad?
{{Taxobox | name = Plains Spadefoot Toad | image = Spea bombifrons.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Amphibia]] | ordo = [[Anura]] | subordo = [[Mesobatrachia]] | familia = [[Scaphiopodidae]] | genus = ''[[Spea]]'' | species = '''''S. bombifrons''''' | binomial = ''Spea bombifrons'' | binomial_authority = ([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1863) | synonyms = ''Scaphiopus bombifrons'' [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1863<br>''Spea bombifrons'' [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1866 }} The '''plains spadefoot toad''' (''Spea bombifrons'') is a [[species]] of [[spadefoot toad]]. They live in southwestern [[Canada]], the [[Great Plains]] of the [[United States]] and northern [[Mexico]]. Like many spadefood toads, they get their name for having spade-like legs. This allows them to dig into sand and soil. == References == {{reflist}} *[http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/frogs/spea.bombifrons.html Herps of Texas: ''Spea bombifrons''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002154/http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/frogs/spea.bombifrons.html |date=2016-03-04 }} *[http://collections.ic.gc.ca/amphibians/taxa/species/spea_bombifrons.html Canada's Amphibians: ''Spea bombifrons''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040821095022/http://collections.ic.gc.ca/amphibians/taxa/species/spea_bombifrons.html |date=2004-08-21 }} [[Category:Toads]] [[Category:Frogs of North America]] {{biology-stub}}