Toads Research Paper

I chose this species because I want to come up with ways to help their depleting population. They are 4-8 centimeters long, and they have stout bodies with a tubercle at the end of both of their hind feet. Because the tubercle looks like a spade, this is where the word “spade” in their name comes from. These toads are said to smell like peanut butter, and those who handle them that have allergies with peanuts may have an allergic reaction. What is different about them from other toads are that they have much smoother skin and have vertically elliptical eyes, almost like a cat’s eyes. They are fossorial, meaning they spend most of their lives under ground and emerge as a full grown adult once the next desert rain occurs. Their tadpoles take …show more content…
Poachers poach the Spade foot and let collectors collect the skin. They also hunt for the frog legs, as they are served in restaurants. Their breeding grounds are being threated because of alteration of the water and because the temporary water pools that they use dry up by the time it’s time to breed. Those who have noticed this conflict have come up with solution. By protecting the existing population with preserves. Another solution created was by trying to manage the habitat and restoring it. I feel that these with help along with another solution to back it up.

A different way to save the population is by limiting the rate of urbanization around the only places they remain. The rate of urbanization should have a limit, not be completely stopped, because of the current situation that these toads are in. Their breeding grounds are another factor of them being a threatened population because of alteration of the water and because the temporary pools dry up by the time that they need to breed, and the Spadefoot are very explosive breeders. The female lays up to 2,500 eggs. The male calls for a female by letting out low pitched “waaaaaaaaaah”. By the time they