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Subject: Couch's Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii)
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Couch's Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii)


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Couch's Spadefoot Toad, (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae) native to the southwestern United States and the Baja region of Mexico. The 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 Institute.

Metadata
Title: Couch's Spadefoot Toad
Alternative Title: (none)
Creator: Stolz, Gary M.
Source: WO8301-005
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Amphibians, Animals, Texas, Wildlife
Date Issued: November 01 2001

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