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Spadefoot
Spadefoot meaning
Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs. | Scaphiopodidae spp. (American spadefoot toads) | Any member of several groups of burrowing toads, with a spadelike appendage on the hind legs.
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Such declines in population size are particularly true for common spadefoot toads in this region.
It is home to more endangered species than anywhere else in British Columbia, including a range of species from the Flammulated Owl and Great Basin Spadefoot to the Lyall’s Mariposa Lily.
The Plains spadefoot toad (Spea bombifrons) is typical and has a flap of keratinised bone attached to one of the metatarsals of the hind feet which it uses to dig itself backwards into the ground.
The spadefoot toads of North America are also adapted to underground life.