Couch Spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) - Arizona - Burrowing

Couch Spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii) - Arizona - Burrowing by backing into the ground by pushing dirt with their spades while rotating the body - Dry periods are spent in self-made burrows or those of gophers-squirrels or kangaroo rats - Breeds chiefly from May to Sept in periods of rainfall - Found in shortgrass prairie, mesquite savanna, creosote bush desert, thorn forest, tropical deciduous forest, and other areas of low rainfall - Call sounds like anxious bleat of a sheep and can be heard for great distances to bring the sexes together

270222 Arizona Burrowing Couch Couchii Scaphiopus Spadefoot

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