Definition of Southern spadefoot

1. Noun. This spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States.

Exact synonyms: Scaphiopus Multiplicatus
Group relationships: Genus Scaphiopus, Scaphiopus
Generic synonyms: Spadefoot, Spadefoot Toad

Lexicographical Neighbors of Southern Spadefoot

southern elephant seals
southern flounder
southern flying squirrel
southern harebell
southern hemisphere
southern lights
southern live oak
southern magnolia
southern maidenhair
southern porgy
southern red cedar
southern red oak
southern screamer
southern screamers
southern scup
southern spadefoot (current term)
southern spatterdock
southern vole
southern voles
southern white cedar
southern yellow pine
southernism
southernly
southernness
southernnesses
southerns
southernwood
southernwoods
southers

Literary usage of Southern spadefoot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Frog Book: North American Toads and Frogs, with a Study of the Habits by Mary Cynthia Dickerson (1906)
"This southern spadefoot is an attractive and alert-looking creature, very different from the uncanny, smooth-skinned Eastern Spadefoot ..."

2. The Future of Arid Grasslands: Identifying Issues, Seeking Solutions edited by Barbara Tellman (1999)
"southern spadefoot--Scap/i/opus multiplicatus. Abundant over a wide area of the SSV, across a spectrum of habitats, including lower madrean woodland in ..."

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