spadefoot comic

a four panel comic describing three tips to tell spadefoots and true toads apart. spadefoots have vertical pupils, hard black spades on their hind feet, and smell like peanut butter. true toads have horizontal pupils, no large black spur, and don't smell like peanut butter.
Photo By/Credit
Cal Robinson/USFWS
Date Shot/Created
12/12/2023
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Facility
Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office
Species
Spea hammondii
Anaxyrus boreas
Subject tags
Adaptation
Amphibians