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Railroad Valley Toad vs. Great Basin Spadefoot

Great Basin Spadefoots breed in the same spring marshes at Lockes Ranch; their records overlap. A: Horizontal in the Railroad Valley Toad; vertical (cat-eye) in the Great Basin Spadefoot. B: A short, narrow gland in the Railroad Valley Toad; no gland in the Great Basin Spadefoot. C: Warty, dark brown spots and a thin pale stripe in the Railroad Valley Toad; grey-brown with small warts, no stripe in the Great Basin Spadefoot.

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Railroad Valley Toad

Anaxyrus nevadensis

Great Basin Spadefoot

Spea intermontana
Railroad Valley Toad vs. Great Basin Spadefoot: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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