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Basic information
Scaphiopus couchii
Couch's Spadefoot
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAmphibians
OrderFrogs
FamilyAmerican spadefoot toads
GenusScaphiopus
- Czech name
- Blatnice americká
- English name
- Couch's Spadefoot
- Alternative names
- Couch's Spadefoot Toad
- Synonyms
- Scaphiopus couchii couchii, Scaphiopus couchii rectifrenis, Scaphiopus couchii varius, Scaphiopus laticeps, Scaphiopus rectifrenis, Scaphiopus varius, Scaphiopus varius rectifrenis, Scaphiopus varius varius, Spea laticeps
Distribution and environment
- Microhabitat
- Aquatic, Fossorial, Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 80 mm
- Body mass
- max 16.3 g
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 13 years
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Diet
- Arthropods
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–2 years
- Clutch size
- 3,310–3,310 individuals
- Clutches per year
- max 1 × per year
- Development
- Larval
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- AmphiBIO, Catalogue of Life
- Original documentation
- AmphiBIO · Anf5384 · figshare-v5
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 79THW · COL26.9