DFW HERPS |
Scaphiopus couchii |
Couch's Spadefoot |
COUCH'S SPADEFOOT Scaphiopus couchii Baird, 1854 STATUS: Common DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Denton, Ellis, Hood, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise HABITAT: Western Cross Timbers, Fort Worth Prairie, Mesquite Grand Prairie, and Rolling Plains COMMENTS: For most of the year, spadefoots remain buried underground, awaiting heavy summer rains during the months of May, June, and July which bring them out of hiding in order to reproduce. |