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Western Spadefoot (Spea hammondii)

Created: February 16th, 2011 - 07:38 PM
Last Modified: February 17th, 2011 - 12:17 PM Entered by: Nathan Smith
Record 64048
Country:
United States 		State:
California 		County:
San Diego County 		Time:
2011-02-16 00:00:00
Qty:
1 		Age:
Adult 		Sex:
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Visual encounter 		Habitat:
vernal pool in chaparral
Body Temperature:
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Sky Conditions:
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675.00ft 		Barometric Pressure:
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Notes

found dead and dried up before the rain came.

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Comments

Posted by Nathan Smith on Feb 17, 2011 at 12:22 PM

I usually find 1-2 dead ones once the water is near or completely dry. I've only seen two live ones there the whole time I've known about this place but the tadpoles keep on coming in droves although there was only one albino this year. I wonder if the females mate to death since it seems like this is a very isolated population with very few frogs but very many eggs and tadpoles? Just a guess.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Feb 17, 2011 at 01:27 AM

Interesting that you found 2 like that, I wonder if thats normal of if there is something else going on with them.. Important entries, way to go..