Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (Arizona) toads

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  • Common Name: New Mexico Spadefoot Toad; Couch's Spadefoot Toad; Great Plains Toad

    Scientific Name: Spea multiplicata; Scaphiopus couchii; Anaxyrus cognatus

    Date: 2013-07-26

    Time: 10:45PM

    Creator: Rice, Jeff

    Description: Ambient audio recording of desert toads

    Notes: The sound of thunder from the summer monsoons triggers these desert toads to emerge and begin their breeding calls. Mexican Spadefoot and Couch's Spadefoot toads are heard in the foreground, with Great Plains Toads calling in the distance. Recorded at 10:45 PM in full darkness. Habitat: mesquite savannah; temperature 74.6 degrees Fahrenheit; humidity 86%. Small pond. Water temperature 20.8 degrees Celsius (measured at 1 cm.)

    Location: Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (Ariz.); Arizona

    Recording Equipment: Sony PCMD50 recorder

    Duration: 00:27:04

    Acknowledgments: Cecil Schwalbe

    Audio Rights: Audio file copyright 2013, Jeff Rice. All rights reserved

    Image Rights: Creator: John Sullivan, http://www.wildherps.com/me/index.html Publisher: inaturalist Provider: iNaturalist.org, http://www.inaturalist.org

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