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title: "Couch's Spadefoot"
description: "Scaphiopus couchii — Płazy. Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/couch-s-spadefoot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Couch's Spadefoot

> Scaphiopus couchii — Płazy. Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae).

- Scientific name: *Scaphiopus couchii*
- Category: `amphibians` (Płazy)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 9509
- Wikidata: [Q504971](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504971)
- iNaturalist taxon: [26691](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26691)

## Names

- en: Couch's Spadefoot
- de: Südlicher Schaufelfuß
- es: Sapo cavador
- fr: Pélobate de Couch
- nl: Zuidelijke woelpad

## Countries with the most observations

US (7222), MX (1105)

## Summary

Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae). The specific epithet couchii is in honor of American naturalist Darius Nash Couch, who collected the first specimen while on a personal expedition to northern Mexico to collect plant, mineral, and animal specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.

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

## Photo

![Couch's Spadefoot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/couch-s-spadefoot/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carlos Mal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136229603

## Machine access

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