San Diego Reader8d
Alpine park – too much for checkerspot butterfly and spadefoot toad?
A lawsuit filed by the Cleveland National Forest Foundation and California Native Plant Society claims the project threatens the endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly, western spadefoot (a toad), and ...
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Western Spadefoot Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protections
OAKLAND, Calif.— In response to a 2012 petition and 11 years of advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect the western spadefoot as ...
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The case of the Syrian spadefoot toad: Politicized science spreading enmity among nations
The title “Community science rediscovers the Syrian Spadefoot Toad, Pelobatus syriacus ... and it resulted in three definite discoveries in western regions of Syria. My encounter with Pelobatus ...
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California Court Rejects Sprawl Development Near San Diego
The Fanita Ranch project would be built on more than 2,600 acres of fire-prone hillsides north of the city that serve as habitat for the coastal California gnatcatcher, western spadefoot toad and ...
Nature20d
Amphibian Adaptation to Salinity in Coastal and Freshwater Habitats
One study examined the western spadefoot toad and found that the distance to the coastline significantly influences its population structure and individual characteristics, such as size and ...