An American spadefoot toad surrounded by orange text. From top to bottom: Scaphiopodidae [American spadefoot toads] Desert dwellers! Keratinous bone in the hind feet for digging Tadpoles' physiology changes depending on available food

Hoppy New Year: American spadefoot toads are elusive, because they only emerge from their burrows to find food or mates. One species, Couch's spadefoot toad, fluoresces when exposed to UV light!
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A 1.5x2 inch marker, ink, and paint pen drawing of a rectangular decorative bottle label with an orange spadefoot toad facing 3/4 right, gold eyes wide open, on a graduated blue background, with a label underneath with the text “TOADAL SURPRISE!” in gold on a royal blue background edged with gold. The border is royal blue edged with gold on the outside. (Spadefoot toads are not orange; they’re dark brown-green, with lighter yellow-green limbs, and a pinkish grey underside. Their back feet have webbed toes designed for digging into sand or loose soil. They are adorable.) Photo reference for frog: Jeff Hall, from “A Guide to the Frogs and Toads of Virginia” Special Publication #3 by the Va Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries (date unknown, about 2010).

A photo of my sketchbook, open to the 1.5x2 inch marker, ink, and paint pen drawing of a rectangular decorative bottle label with an orange spadefoot toad facing 3/4 right, gold eyes wide open, on a graduated blue background, with a label underneath with the text “TOADAL SURPRISE!” in gold on a royal blue background edged with gold. The border is royal blue edged with gold on the outside. Lower right is a quarter next to the drawing for visual size reference. (A US quarter (25 cents) is 15/16ths of an inch wide.) Photo reference for frog: Jeff Hall, from “A Guide to the Frogs and Toads of Virginia” Special Publication #3 by the Va Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries (date unknown, about 2010). (Spadefoot toads are not orange; they’re dark brown-green, with lighter yellow-green limbs, and a pinkish grey underside. Their back feet have webbed toes designed for digging into sand or loose soil. They are adorable.)

#poataday2026 #artsky #blueskyart #bskyart #art #toad #spadefoottoad #tinydrawing

Argh, deleted post b/c forgot watermarks! 😬 Anyway, tiny drawing! Love tiny drawing! Second pic has US quarter for size ref. 🫠💜💜💜

A European spadefoot toad sitting surrounded by red text. From top to bottom: Pelobatidae [European Spadefoot Toads] Spends most of the time in burrows Hardened nub for digging Tadpoles develop into frogs in about 2 weeks!

Hoppy New Year: Unlike true toads, European spadefoot toads have smooth skin and no parotid glands. Because they breed in ephemeral pools of water, their development from egg to adult is unusually fast.
#hoppynewyear #frog #spadefoottoad #garlictoad #pelobatidae #amphibian #education #art #SciArt

Gettimg fat on termites in my yard

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New Mexico Amphibian The Spadefoot Toad #Hoodie #customclothing #taiche #newmexico #toad #spadefoots #spadefoottoad #mexicanspadefoottoad #desertspadefoottoad #southernspadefoottoad #amphibian #animal #wildlife #newmexicoday #june14 #gifts www.zazzle.com/new_mexico_a... via @zazzle

A plump greenish toad with golden flecked eyes and vertical pupils sits on a dirt path at night, illuminated by a headlamp. It is judging you for being on your phone at this hour.

Hey. It’s still #ToadallyTuesday and this spadey wants to know why you haven’t logged off. Stop doomscrolling. The toad has spoken. #herps #toads #spadefoottoad #speahammondii #workingonthenightmoves #spadey #amphibs

Absolutely great cartoon by Cal Robinson, USFWS. The truth about Spadeys for #ToadallyTuesday #herps #toads #amphibians #herpetology #nativespecies #spadefoottoad

Rare daytime spadefoot toad sighting.

#macrophotography #spadefoottoad #spadefoot