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title: "Flachlandschaufelfuß"
description: "Spea bombifrons — Amphibien. The plains spadefoot toad (Spea bombifrons) is a species of American spadefoot toad which ranges from southwestern Canada, throughout the Great Plains of the western United States, and into northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/plains-spadefoot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Flachlandschaufelfuß

> Spea bombifrons — Amphibien. The plains spadefoot toad (Spea bombifrons) is a species of American spadefoot toad which ranges from southwestern Canada, throughout the Great Plains of the western United States, and into northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Spea bombifrons*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibien)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 2251
- Wikidata: [Q2274685](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2274685)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26699](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26699)

## Names

- en: Plains Spadefoot
- de: Flachlandschaufelfuß
- es: Sapo de espuelas de las planicies
- fr: Crapaud des plaines
- nl: Plains Spadefoot Toad

## Countries with the most observations

US (1681), CA (268), MX (7)

## Summary

The plains spadefoot toad (Spea bombifrons) is a species of American spadefoot toad which ranges from southwestern Canada, throughout the Great Plains of the western United States, and into northern Mexico. Like other species of spadefoot toads, they get their name from a spade-like projection on their hind legs which allows them to dig into sandy soils. Their name, in part, comes from their keratinized metatarsals, which are wide instead of "sickle shaped". The species name translates as buzzing leaf shaped. This refers to the species' distinguishing features; its buzzing mating call, and its leaf-shaped digging…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plains_spadefoot_toad

## Photo

![Flachlandschaufelfuß](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plains-spadefoot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua Smith · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/234936392

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plains-spadefoot?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).