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Couch's spadefoot toad or Couch's spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) is a species of North American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae).[1]

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  1. 31 relations: Algae, American spadefoot toad, Anostraca, Arizona, Baja California peninsula, California, Cannibalism, Carnivore, Darius N. Couch, Egg, Family (biology), Fertilisation, Filter feeder, Gill, Herbivore, Insect, Mating call, Mexico, Microorganism, Northern Hemisphere, Omnivore, Smithsonian Institution, Sonoran Desert, Spea hammondii, Species, Specific name (zoology), Spencer Fullerton Baird, Sperm, Sun, Tadpole, United States.

  2. Amphibians described in 1854
  3. Scaphiopus

Algae

Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.

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The Scaphiopodidae are a family of American spadefoot toads, which are native to North America. Couch's spadefoot toad and American spadefoot toad are amphibians of the United States.

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Anostraca

Anostraca is one of the four orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda; its members are referred to as fairy shrimp.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Baja California peninsula

The Baja California peninsula (lit) is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food.

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Carnivore

A carnivore, or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements are met by the consumption of animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) whether through hunting or scavenging.

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Darius N. Couch

Darius Nash Couch (July 23, 1822 – February 12, 1897) was an American soldier, businessman, and naturalist.

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Egg

An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fertilisation

Fertilisation or fertilization (see spelling differences), also known as generative fertilisation, syngamy and impregnation, is the fusion of gametes to give rise to a zygote and initiate its development into a new individual organism or offspring.

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Filter feeder

Filter feeders are aquatic animals that acquire nutrients by feeding on organic matters, food particles or smaller organisms (bacteria, microalgae and zooplanktons) suspended in water, typically by having the water pass over or through a specialized filtering organ.

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Gill

A gill is a respiratory organ that many aquatic organisms use to extract dissolved oxygen from water and to excrete carbon dioxide.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.

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Insect

Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.

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Mating call

A mating call is the auditory signal used by animals to attract mates.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Microorganism

A microorganism, or microbe, is an organism of microscopic size, which may exist in its single-celled form or as a colony of cells. The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from sixth century BC India. The scientific study of microorganisms began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Anton van Leeuwenhoek.

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Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.

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Omnivore

An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Sonoran Desert

The Sonoran Desert (Desierto de Sonora) is a hot desert in North America and ecoregion that covers the northwestern Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, and Baja California Sur, as well as part of the southwestern United States (in Arizona and California).

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Spea hammondii

Spea hammondii, also known as the western spadefoot, western spadefoot toad, Hammond's spadefoot, or Hammond's spadefoot toad, is a species of amphibian in the family Scaphiopodidae. Couch's spadefoot toad and spea hammondii are amphibians of Mexico, amphibians of the United States and taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Spencer Fullerton Baird

Spencer Fullerton Baird (February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator.

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Sperm

Sperm (sperm or sperms) is the male reproductive cell, or gamete, in anisogamous forms of sexual reproduction (forms in which there is a larger, female reproductive cell and a smaller, male one).

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Tadpole

A tadpole is the larval stage in the biological life cycle of an amphibian.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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See also

Amphibians described in 1854

Scaphiopus

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couch's_spadefoot_toad

Also known as Great Plains Spadefoot, Scaphiopus couchii.