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• n  a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot

• Couch's spadefoot toads can live underground for much of their lives, awaiting some moisture before they come up and breed.

• spadefoot toad

News & Articles

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• Protecting species must be balanced with job creation, senators say
  INDIANA, Pa. -- Bald eagles, river mussels, spadefoot toads and other threatened and endangered species occupy a small but important ecological niche in Pennsylvania, but they're causing big problems for Marcellus Shale gas developers and other industries, according to many of the state senators at a hearing on proposed legislation that would make it harder to protect those species.
  Jan. 11, 2014 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette