Spea intermontana
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Great Basin Spadefoot
All spadefoots are inherently comical. This is not a judgment, just an objective fact. But the set of Great Basin Spadefoots I saw on my first night ever of seeing Great Basin Spadefoots were simply ludicrous.
On my last night in Utah, I drove for a few hours in a futile attempt to find at least one more snake. But I did find some more of these ridiculous spadefoots on the road, so I went to bed with a smile on my face.
Online references:
- Spea intermontana account on AmphibiaWeb
- Spea intermontana account on Amphibian Species of the World
Printed references:
- Crother, B. I. (ed.) 2017. Scientific and Standard English Names of Amphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with Comments Regarding Confidence in Our Understanding, Eighth Edition
- Elliott, L., Gerhardt, C. and Davidson, C. 2009. The Frogs and Toads of North America
- Stebbins, R. C. 2003. Peterson Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition