#eastern spadefoot toad

[snototter]

A pair of mating Eastern spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in amplexus in New Jersey, USA

by Alex Roukis

[shadyufo]

I was digging in the yard the other day (as you do) when I accidentally unearthed this precious baby Eastern Spadefoot Toad! I don't often come across spadefoot toads so it is always a delight when I am lucky enough encounter one.

Check out how well he blended in where I was digging!

I snapped a few photos then put him and his dirt back where I found them. <3

[toadschooled]

If the Sag Harbor School District fails to receive approval from voters on May 16th to acquire 4 acres of wooded lots on Marsden Street, the community urges the Village and/or Town officials to acquire the wooded lots for preservation, as they are some of the last wooded lots in the Historic District of the Village of Sag Harbor.

The Marsden site is a kettle hole, which is a natural basin created by glacial movements from approx. 20,000 years ago. This topographic depression currently absorbs great amounts of stormwater diverted from higher elevated areas around the village. If we lose this precious stormwater basin, we will experience newfound flood zones in neighboring properties.

There are many animal species we are concerned about that live within these wooded lots:

-North American Box Turtle -Eastern Spade Foot Toad -Northern Long Eared Bat -White Tailed Deer -Screech Owl -Great Horned Owl -Raccoon -Opossum

-Dragonflies (which are signs of a healthy ecosystem, especially water bodies)

and more!

Many healthy trees and plantlife currently reside on Marsden, pulling carbon from our air, and absorbing water from our ground:

-Black Oak -Black Cherry -Black Locust -Black Walnut -White Oak -White Poplar -One double trunk tree with a circumferance of 10 feet -Red Maple -Red Cedar -Scarlett Oak -Norway Maple -Script Lichen -Beard Lichen and many more.

Imagine revitalizing a former kettle hole into a pond (to complete the Long Pond Greenbelt), creating a serene pathway for the community and students of the neighboring school to use as a close-proximity connection to nature. The school could even use this preserved site for their science classes!

The Marsden Street Lots do not need to be developed. Sign this petition to show your support for preservation of the last wooded lots in Sag Harbor's Historic District.

[spookyfoxdreamer]

[herpsandbirds]

Pebas Spadefoot Toads (Atelopus spumarius complex), mating, family Bufonidae, Ecuador

Poisonous.

This population/color variant in eastern Ecuador is either part of the species A. spumarius, or are in a closely related (as of yet undescribed) species.

photograph by Jaime Culebras Wildlife

[frogtoadber2024]

FrogToadber 2024

are you a fan of amphibians? do you like making art? this October, follow along with FrogToadber's prompt list! this is open to all forms of art, not just drawing. use the tag #frogtoadber2024 to have your art featured on the blog! image descriptions and/or alt text are strongly encouraged. prompts under the cut:

American Bullfrog

Axolotl

Rivers

Eastern Tiger Salamander

Tomato Frog

Plains Toad

Forest

Poison Dart Frog (any color)

Lifecycle/Metamorphosis

Chinese Giant Salamander

Red-Eyed Tree Frog

Olm

Fire Belly Newt

Goliath Frog

Desert

Mossy Frog

Hellbender

Spadefoot Toad

An amphibian native to your region

Amphiuma

White’s Tree Frog

Wetlands

Caecilian

A prehistoric amphibian

Grasslands

Midwife toad

Desert Rain Frog

Crocodile Newt

Cave

Glass Frog

Your favorite amphibian

[path-of-grass-and-leaves]

Hi! Trick or treat 🍭🎃, I hope you had a good halloween 👻!

Tysm 🧚‍♀️

My first trick or treater!

Your Title is The Trickster. You are a master of playful deception. Fae energy.

Your familiar is the Eastern Spadefoot Toad. He spends most of his time underground. Half the time you can't even find him.

Happy Halloween! 🎃

[cathedral-of-the-forest]

Eastern Spadefoot Toad. Little cutie. Quite happy to sit in my warm hand and relax.

[pjharvey-moved]

i had a dream about a really scary grocery store that also sold a bunch of random things other than groceries like CDs and live eastern spadefoot toads being sold as pets that cost $800 each (these were the only live animals) and sections of it kept appearing and disappearing at will. i wanted to buy a taylor swift CD and then i went back to the CD section and it was gone. i also broke a vase and went up to an employee like Hey sorry this vase is broken and he was like “did you break it?” and i said “yeah” and he said “ok well you have to buy it and additionally we have a $50 fee for breaking things so you’ll have to pay that too” and this didn’t seem fair to me especially because it felt like i was being punished for taking accountability so i literally just put the vase back and silently left the store but then i couldn’t find not only my car but even the parking lot where i parked it seemed to have disappeared.

[pandorapuppy]

"Eastern Spadefoot Toad perfect animal, 10/10" -everyone

[funkyfrogoftheday]

today's funky frog of the day: the eastern spadefoot toad (Pelobates syriacus)!!!!!! round, big-eyed, and utterly beautiful, this species lives across western asia and southeastern europe. they usually hibernate alone, but groups of 2-6 frogs hibernating together have been found!!!

photo by Horia Bogdan

[toadschooled]

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[shadyufo]

Eastern Spadefoot Toad!! Only the second one of these beauties I’ve ever seen. So cool! Did Not like having his picture taken!!

[eurigmorgan]

The Eastern Spadefoot Toad

[lovingexotics]

Eastern Spadefoot Toad Scaphiopus holbrookii Source: Here