Plains Spadefoot vs. Great Plains Toad
Both breed in rain-filled pools after summer storms in the far west. The Plains Spadefoot has a vertical pupil, no parotoid glands, smoother skin and a black spade on each hind foot. The Great Plains Toad has a horizontal pupil, large parotoids, crests that meet in a boss on the snout, and big paired dark blotches outlined in pale.
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