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Amphibia
Anura
Scaphiopodidae
Great Basin Spadefoot
Spea intermontana
(Cope, 1883)
Current SSAR Comments:
See comment under
Spea hammondii
. Neal et al., 2018 (Conservation Genetics 19: 937–946), using nDNA and mtDNA recovered two distinct clades (“Oregon” and “California”), with the “Oregon” clade being sister to
S. bombifrons
and support for the California clade recovered as sister to the Southern clade of
S. hammondii
.
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2023.12.19.09.55.02)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
Great Basin Spadefoot
(
Scaphiopus hammondi intermontanus
: Schmidt, Karl P.
1953
. A Check List of North American Amphibians and Reptiles. 6th Edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 280pp.);
Taxon Links:
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
Amphibian Species of the World
NatureServe
iNaturalist
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Pertinent LIterature:
1883
Cope, Edward D. Notes on the geographical distribution of Batrachia and Reptilia in western North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 35():10-35
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