When rain falls and water is plentiful, the sex lives of plains spadefoot toads are pretty, well, plain. Females prowl ponds for the suitor with the most winsome call; they pair off to couple, ...

Many animals have curious adaptations that give them an advantage in surviving the natural world in which they inhabit. One such amphibian that exhibits this type of adaptation is common right here in ...

Khaberni - The frog known as the 'Spadefoot Toad' or 'Shovel,' for having a protrusion resembling a 'shovel' on its hind foot ...

Western spadefoots are small, cryptic amphibians named for the black, wedge-shaped spades on their hind feet, which they use to dig. They’re also known for their big, gold cat-like eyes — whose irises ...

A small frog with a big voice is starting to make a comeback in Massachusetts, thanks to some help from state scientists and student volunteers. The eastern spadefoot is about 2 inches long, with a ...

Time for more spadefoot toads (that is, members of the anuran clade Pelobatoidea or Anomocoela). This time, we're going to look at the two North American spadefoot toad genera (Spea and Scaphiopus).

The rarest frog in Rhode Island may not be as rare as scientists once thought after a study by University of Rhode Island researchers using a seldom-used methodology turned up many more of the ...

Meet the desert spadefoot— a round, small amphibian that always looks just a little bit sad. WITH TEMPERATURES that hit 50°C in summer and 0°C in winter, and cycles of severe drought followed by ...

Southern Georgia has a rich frog fauna (about 25 species) and the breeding calls of these amphibians resound through the night during wet weather. This year I have received numerous reports from ...

Outback rain has enticed elusive burrowing frogs to the surface The frogs can spend months or years underground, waiting for the perfect conditions You would look grumpy too if you were a frog in the ...

A small frog with a big voice is starting to make a comeback in Massachusetts, thanks to some help from state scientists and student volunteers. The eastern spadefoot is about 2 inches long, with a ...