Amphibia - Salientia - Pelobatidae

Alternative combination: Scaphiopus diversus

Synonyms: Neoscaphiopus noblei Taylor 1942, Scaphiopus (Neoscaphiopus) noblei Taylor 1942

Full reference: E. H. Taylor. 1942. Extinct toads and frogs from the Upper Pliocene deposits of Meade County, Kansas. The University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28(10):199-235

Belongs to Spea according to J. A. Tihen 1960

See also Zweifel 1956

Sister taxa: Scaphiopus (Spea) alexanderi, Spea bombifrons, Spea hammondii, Spea intermontana, Spea multiplicata, Spea neuter, Spea pliobatrachus, Spea studeri

Type specimens:

• Spea diversus: KUVP 6368, a set of vertebrae (Sacral vertebra and coccyx)
• Neoscaphiopus noblei: KUVP 6367, a set of vertebrae (parts of the fused coccyx, sacral vertebra, and first presacral vertebra).

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rexroad KU Locality 3 ( of Kansas)

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