Eastern Spadefoot
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Eastern Spadefoot or Eastern Spadefoot Toad is the common name of two different species of toads
  • Scaphiopus holbrookii
    Scaphiopus holbrookii
    The Eastern Spadefoot is a species of spadefoot found in North America. It has one spur on each of its back feet for burrowing. It spends almost all of its life deep underground; coming out only to breed, and sometimes eat. It remains in a type of hibernation almost all its life...

    , found in North America
  • Pelobates syriacus, found in Europe


Eastern Spadefoot Toads
Eastern Spadefoot Toads
Eastern Spadefoot Toads is a genus of the Megophryidae family in the order Anura, and are found in southern China, India and islands of the Sunda Shelf.-Species:* Leptobrachium abbotti ....

are a genus of Southeast Asian frogs, from family Megophryidae
Megophryidae
Megophryidae are a large family of frogs native to the warm southeast of Asia, from the Himalaya foothills eastwards, south to Indonesia and the Greater Sunda Islands in Maritime Southeast Asia, and extending to the Philippines. As of mid-2008 it encompasses approximately 70-100 species of frog...

and not directly related to either of the above species
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