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Texas Toad vs. Plains Spadefoot

Both breed in rain pools on the plains after summer storms (records share 34 one-degree squares). A: Round to horizontal in the Texas Toad; vertical, like a cat's in the Plains Spadefoot. B: No hump in the Texas Toad; a hard, bony hump in the Plains Spadefoot. Under the hind foot the Texas Toad has TWO black, sharp-edged tubercles (the inner one sickle-shaped); a spadefoot has ONE black spade.

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Texas Toad

Anaxyrus speciosus

Plains Spadefoot

Spea bombifrons
Texas Toad vs. Plains Spadefoot: comparison sheet with the differences marked

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