Scaphiopus hurterii (Hurter's Spadefoot)
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EASTERN
SPADEFOOT Scaphiopus hurterii (Harlan, 1835)
STATUS: Uncommon
LOCALITIES OBSERVED: Dallas
Co.: Post Oak Road near
Belt Line Road and Haymarket Road at St. Augustine Road;
Tarrant Co.: Benbrook-Aledo
Road, Meandering Road at Silver Creek Road, 4 miles north of Mansfield,
White Settlement Road, Briarwood St. in Arlington, and the Euless area
DOCUMENTED COUNTIES: Dallas,
Denton, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise
HABITAT: Trinity River
Bottoms, Western Cross Timbers, Mesquite Grand Prairie, Blackland Prairie,
Eastern Cross Timbers, and Post Oak Belt
SUBSPECIES: Hurter's
Spadefoot (S. h. hurterii Strecker, 1910)
COMMENTS: Due to the
dates of these observations, Hurter's spadefoot may no longer be at the
above localities (Dial and Smith, 1964).
No recent records occur for this spadefoot in the Metroplex.
Dates of occurrence have ranged from March to May after heavy
spring rains.
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