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Mexican Spadefoot
Spea multiplicata (Cope, 1863)

Current SSAR Comments:
See comment under Spea hammondii.

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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

Pertinent LIterature:
1863 Cope, Edward D. On Trachycephalus and Scaphiopus and other batrachia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 15():43-54

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