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Definition of Scaphiopus
1. Noun. New World spadefoot toads.
Generic synonyms: Amphibian Genus
Group relationships: Family Pelobatidae, Pelobatidae
Member holonyms: Scaphiopus Hammondii, Western Spadefoot, Scaphiopus Multiplicatus, Southern Spadefoot, Plains Spadefoot, Scaphiopus Bombifrons
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scaphiopus
Literary usage of Scaphiopus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Thus the ranges of the species of the American genus Scaphiopus, the spade-foot
toads, are given in a recent check-list as follows: Scaphiopus couchii, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Batrachia Salientia in the Collection of the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1858)
"Scaphiopus. Forehead and crown bony, rugose. Skin smooth; above the tympanum a small
... 471. 1. Scaphiopus solitarius. Scaphiopus solitarius ..."
3. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1901)
"/Ceylon and Malayan Islands . (New Guinea . VOL. vm Scaphiopus, p. 164. Pelobates,
p. 162. Pelodytes, p. 165. ..."
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