Plains Spadefoot (Spea bombifrons)

Created: July 26th, 2018 - 07:03 PM
Last Modified: January 25th, 2020 - 12:54 AM Entered by: Tyson Victor
Record 306957

Country: United States		State: Utah	County: San Juan County	Time: 2018-07-23 22:19:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Road cruising	Habitat: Sandy
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 85.00F	Ground Temperature: 91.00F	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Cloudy		Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous	Elevation: 5089.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

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Comments

Posted by Rye Jones on Jul 28, 2018 at 12:06 AM

Maybe it’s just the photo but it didn’t appear to have a boss or other distinguishable characteristics of a bombifrons like the pug nose, narrower eyes, etc.

Posted by Tyson Victor on Jul 27, 2018 at 08:52 PM

It had a boss and never gave off any peanut butter smell when handling. That is why I identified it as bombifrons.

Posted by Rye Jones on Jul 27, 2018 at 06:34 PM

This one looks more like multiplicata to me.