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Scaphiopus couchii
Couch's Spadefoot
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Photographer: William Flaxington
ID: 0000 0000 0804 0291 (2004-08-16)Copyright © 2004 William Flaxington
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INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
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date of photo Aug 13, 2004
latitude 32.96659 longitude -114.47927 max error distance 29527 meters
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horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984 georeferencing source GeoLocatelocation
Colorado River lowlands (Imperial County, California, US)family
Scaphiopodidae
order
Anura
class Amphibia
habitat Sonoran Creosote Bush Scrub (wash)notes Over half-dozen spadefoots seen and heard calling from large, temporary pool in wash. Individuals called from water and when disturbed swifty submerged and surfaced many yards away. Thunderstorm producing much lighting, hail, and rain, moved overhead and into the surrounding desert. While photographing spadefoots in the evening, a flashflood swepted down the wash filling the pool with a continous stream. Observed from 7:16-8:00 p.m.photo category: Animal - Amphibian
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
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Couch's Spadefoot, Couch's Spadefoot Toad (AW )
Couch's Spadefoot (photographer)
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