Couch's Spadefoot
Scaphiopus couchii
- Class
- Amphibian
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 5,356
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae). 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Couch's spadefoot toad”.