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Mexican Spadefoot
Spea multiplicata (Cope, 1863)

Current SSAR Comments:
See comment under Spea hammondii.

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Arizona Colorado New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Utah

First instance(s) of published English names:
Many-ribbed Spea (Spea multiplicata: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249); New Mexican Spea (Spea stagnalis: Yarrow, Henry C. 1882. Check list of North American Reptilia and Batrachia with catalogue of specimens in U. S. National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum (24):1-249);

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
Amphibian Species of the World
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Selected References:
1863 Cope, Edward D. On Trachycephalus and Scaphiopus and other batrachia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15():43-54
1939 Tanner, Vasco M. A study of the genus Scaphiopus. Western North American Naturalist 1(1):3-26
1956 Chrapliwy, Pete S. Taxonomy and distribution of the spadefoot toads of North America (Salientia: Pelobatidae). Thesis. University of Kansas, Lawrence. 131pp.
1957 Wasserman, Aaron O. Factors affecting interbreeding in sympatric species of spadefoots (genus Scaphiopus). Evolution 11(3):320-338
1967 Brown, Herbert A. Embryonic temperature adaptations and genetic compatibility in two allopatric populations of the spadefoot toads (genus Scaphiopus). Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science (286):1-15
1976 Brown, Herbert A. The status of California and Arizona populations of the western spadefoot toads (genus Scaphiopus). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Contributions in Science (286):1-14
1980 Sattler, P. W. Genetic relationship among selected species of North American Scaphiopus. Copeia 1980(4):605-610
1985 Sattler, P. W. Introgressive hybridization between the spadefoot toads Scaphiopus bombifrons and S. multiplicatus (Salientia: Pelobatidae). Copeia 1985():324-332
1991 Wiens, John J. and Tom A. Titus. A phylogenetic analysis of Spea (Anura: Pelobatidae). Herpetologica 47(1):21-28
2000 Maglia, Anne M. Phylogenetic Relationships of Pelobatoid Frogs (Anura: Pelobatoidea). Dissertation. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. pp.
2002 Buchholz, Daniel R. and Tyrone B. Hayes. Evolutionary patterns of diversity in spadefoot toad metamorphosis (Anura: Pelobatidae). Copeia 2002(1):180-189

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