Western Spadefoot calls 1

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Title Western Spadefoot calls 1
Common Name Western Spadefoot
Scientific Name Spea hammondii
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Craniata
Class Amphibia
Order Anura
Family Scaphiopodidae
Genus Spea
Subject Places; Nature sounds; Amphibians
Spatial Coverage Butte County (Calif.); California
Frog Call Breeding Season: January-May
Creator Nafis, Gary
Media Rights Management Audio file copyright Gary Nafis, http://www.californiaherps.com/. All rights reserved
Publisher Western Soundscape Archive; University of Utah
Date 2008-02-29
Type Sound
Format video/mp4
Digitization Specifications Compressed from .wav format to .mp3 format
Contributing Institution J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112; Ecological and animal data provided by NatureServe. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://www.natureserve.org/explorer.
Description Several examples of spadefoot toad calls
Photo Rights Management Photo copyright 2008, Gary Nafis, http://www.californiaherps.com/. All rights reserved
Note Sounds were recorded from 8 - 10 PM on a very windy night on the outskirts of Chico, Butte County, California; Pacific chorus frogs are also heard; Air temperature was 63 degrees Fahrenheit, elevation, approx. 180 feet; Spadefoots were calling from hidden locations at the edge of flooded depressions on a grassy plain near a permanent creek; Local Time: Between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM
Full Nature Serve Report http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchSpeciesUid=ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.100387
ARK ark:/87278/s64b3dmc
Setname uu_wss
ID 1117817
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64b3dmc