Couch's spadefoot toad
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Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae).[2] 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.[3]
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Couch's spadefoot toad | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Family: | Scaphiopodidae |
Genus: | Scaphiopus |
Species: | S. couchii |
Binomial name | |
Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854 | |
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