Description: English: This plains spadefoot toad (Spea bombifrons) was recently spotted at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge in Iowa! This species spends much of its life buried in the soil and gets its name from the black spade-like projection on each back foot. Date: 7 July 2015, 10:39. Source:
Plains Spadefoot Toad. Author: Veronica Kelly;
USFWSmidwest.