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title: "Hurter's spadefoot toad"
description: "Scaphiopus hurterii — Amfibieën. Hurter's spadefoot toad or Hurter's spadefoot (Scaphiopus hurterii) is a species of American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae) found in the south central United States (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma); its range might extend to the adjacent northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/hurter-s-spadefoot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hurter's spadefoot toad

> Scaphiopus hurterii — Amfibieën. Hurter's spadefoot toad or Hurter's spadefoot (Scaphiopus hurterii) is a species of American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae) found in the south central United States (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma); its range might extend to the adjacent northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Scaphiopus hurterii*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 768
- Wikidata: [Q428349](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q428349)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26693](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26693)

## Names

- en: Hurter's Spadefoot
- de: Hurters Schaufelfuß
- es: Sapo de Espuelas de Hunter
- nl: Hurter's spadefoot toad

## Countries with the most observations

US (652)

## Summary

Hurter's spadefoot toad or Hurter's spadefoot (Scaphiopus hurterii) is a species of American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae) found in the south central United States (Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma); its range might extend to the adjacent northern Mexico. It was once classified as a subspecies of the eastern spadefoot toad (Scaphiopus holbrookii), but it has been granted its own species status. The specific name hurterii is in honor of the Swiss-American naturalist and curator of the St. Louis Academy of Sciences, Julius Hurter.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurter%27s_spadefoot_toad

## Photo

![Hurter's spadefoot toad](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hurter-s-spadefoot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Etienne Falquet · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383108702

## Machine access

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