spadefoot toad
noun
spade·foot toad ˈspād-ˌfu̇t- 
: any of a family (Pelobatidae) of burrowing toads having the inner bone of the tarsus edged with a strong horny sheath with which they dig
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Female plains spadefoot toads start seeking out not the duckish quacks of their own species but the baritone trills of the Mexican spadefoot toad. 
Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022 However, the court rejected arguments from environmentalists that new homes posed dramatic threats to the gnatcatcher, a type of songbird, and the spadefoot toad. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022 Pfennig’s spadefoot toads in Arizona have ever-shorter time frames to grow from tadpole to toad as the western U.S. sees more droughts and wildfires. Starre Vartan, National Geographic, 26 June 2019 In another study, one Texas feral hog was found with 49 eastern spadefoot toads in its stomach. Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018 For instance, spadefoot toads, in the American Southwest, lay their eggs in transient ponds, some no larger than puddles. National Geographic, 19 Feb. 2017
Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022 However, the court rejected arguments from environmentalists that new homes posed dramatic threats to the gnatcatcher, a type of songbird, and the spadefoot toad. San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2022 Pfennig’s spadefoot toads in Arizona have ever-shorter time frames to grow from tadpole to toad as the western U.S. sees more droughts and wildfires. Starre Vartan, National Geographic, 26 June 2019 In another study, one Texas feral hog was found with 49 eastern spadefoot toads in its stomach. Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018 For instance, spadefoot toads, in the American Southwest, lay their eggs in transient ponds, some no larger than puddles. National Geographic, 19 Feb. 2017 Word History
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above