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Spea hammondii (Western spadefoot toad)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

Taxonomy
Scaphiopus hammondi was named by Baird (1859). It is extant.

It was recombined as Scaphiopus (Spea) hammondi by Zweifel (1956); it was recombined as Spea hammondii by Cope (1875) and Henrici (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Scaphiopus hammondi Baird
1875Spea hammondii Cope p. 31
1956Scaphiopus (Spea) hammondi Zweifel p. 35
2009Spea hammondii Henrici p. 280

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
orderSalientia
orderAnura()
superfamilyPelobatoideaLaurent 1979
familyPelobatidaeLataste 1879
genusSpeaCope 1866
specieshammondii(Baird 1859)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Spea hammondii Baird 1859 [Western spadefoot toad]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Scaphiopus hammondi (93139)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Scaphiopus hammondi (93374)