Hurter's spadefoot toad
| Hurter's spadefoot toad | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Mesobatrachia |
| Family: | Scaphiopodidae |
| Genus: | Scaphiopus |
| Species: | S. hurterii |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaphiopus hurterii Strecker, 1910 | |
Hurter's spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus hurteri) is a species of American spadefoot toad found in the south central United States (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma) and northern Mexico. It was once classified as a subspecies of the eastern spadefoot toad, (Scaphiopus holbrookii), but it has been granted its own species status. The specific epithet hurterii is in honor of the Swiss-American naturalist and curator of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences, Julius Hurter.
References
- Hammerson (2004). Scaphiopus hurterii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map and a brief justification of why this species is of least concern