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Plains Spadefoot Toad
(Spea bombifrons)

Plains Spadefoot Toad

Family Pelobatidae

Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.
Listed as Scaphiopus bombifrons in some publications.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Plains Spadefoot Toad (Spea bombifrons)   Range Map
Color Key
Description:
To 2¼" snout-vent length. Color greenish, gray, or brown, with scattered darker spots or blotches. Bony lump between eyes. Wedge-shaped spade on each hind foot. Eye with vertical pupil in bright light.
Elevation Range:
Generally below 6000' in eastern Colorado; to 6250' in Fremont County. Also at 7500-8000' in San Luis Valley.

Plains Spadefoot
(Spea bombifrons)
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
AdamsH Dolores  La Plata  Pitkin 
AlamosaH DouglasH Lake  ProwersH
ArapahoeH Eagle  LarimerH PuebloH
Archuleta  El PasoH Las AnimasH Rio Blanco 
BacaH ElbertH LincolnH Rio GrandeH
BentH FremontH LoganH Routt 
BoulderH Garfield  Mesa  SaguacheMBW1
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
CheyenneH Grand  Moffat  San Miguel 
Clear Creek  Gunnison  Montezuma  SedgwickH
Conejos *  Hinsdale  Montrose  Summit 
CostillaH2 HuerfanoH MorganH Teller * 
CrowleyH Jackson  OteroH WashingtonH
Custer *  JeffersonH Ouray  WeldH
Delta  KiowaH Park  YumaH
DenverH Kit CarsonH PhillipsH

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