Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference

Scaphiopus multiplicatus Cope, 1863, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 15: 52. Holotype: USNM 3694 according to Kellogg, 1932, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 160: 22. Type locality: "Valley of Mexico". Restricted to "Coyoacán", Distrito Federal, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor, 1950, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33: 329.

Spea multiplicata — Cope, 1866, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 6: 81.

Spea stagnalis Cope In Yarrow, 1875, in Wheeler (ed.), Rep. Geograph. Geol. Explor. Surv. W. 100th Merid., 5(4): 525. Type(s): Not stated; syntypes are USNM 8558 (3 specimens) according to Yarrow, 1882, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 177; Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 78, considered USNM 8188 (2 specimens), 8563, and 25335 to be syntypes. Type locality: Northwestern New Mexico [USA]; type locality given as "Alto dos Utas, N. Mex.", USA by Yarrow, 1882, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 177. Synonymy (with Spea hammondii sensu lato) by Cope, 1887, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 32: 12.

Scaphiopus dugesi Brocchi, 1879, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, Ser. 7, 3: 23. Syntypes: MNHNP 1886.287-288, according to Kellogg, 1932, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 160: 22, and Guibé, 1950 "1948", Cat. Types Amph. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 11 (but not listed on the MNHNP online catalogue as of 22 Aug. 2009); USNM 16205-07 also considered syntypes by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 78. Type locality:"Mexique"; corrected to "Guanajuato (Mexique)" by Brocchi, 1881, Miss. Scient. Mex. Amer. Centr., Rech. Zool., 3(2, livr. 1): 25; given as "Silao de la Victoria, Guanajuato, Mexico" by Cochran, 1961, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 220: 77. Restricted, apparently in error, to "Coyoacán", Distrito Federal, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor, 1950, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33: 329. Synonymy (with Spea hammondi sensu lato) by Cope, 1887, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 32: 12.

Scaphiopus multiplicatus — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 436.

Scaphiopus stagnalis — Boulenger, 1882, Cat. Batr. Sal. Coll. Brit. Mus., Ed. 2: 436.

Scaphopus hammondii multiplicatus — Kellogg, 1932, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 160: 19.

Spea hammondii multiplicata — Firschein, 1950, Herpetologica, 6: 75-77. Tanner, 1989, Great Basin Nat., 49: 59.

Spea multiplicata — Taylor, 1952, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34: 794. Davis and Smith, 1953, Herpetologica, 8: 145.

Scaphiopus (Spea) multiplicatus — Dubois, 1987 "1986", Alytes, 5: 130.

Spea hammondi stagnalis — Tanner, 1989, Great Basin Nat., 49: 503-510.

Spea hammondi multiplicata — Tanner, 1989, Great Basin Nat., 49: 503-510.

Spea hammondii stagnalis — Tanner, 1989, Great Basin Nat., 49: 56.

Spea multiplicata — Wiens and Titus, 1991, Herpetologica, 47: 21-28.

Spea multiplicata stagnalis — Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 122.

English Names

Many-ribbed Spea (Spea multiplicata: Yarrow, 1882, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 24).

Mexican Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata: Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 17; Stebbins, 2003, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 3: 206; Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 12; Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 23; Frost, McDiarmid, Mendelson, and Green, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 22).

Mexican Spade-foot Toad (Spea multiplicata: Kellogg, 1932, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 160: 22).

Southern Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata: Stebbins, 1985, Field Guide W. Rept. Amph., Ed. 2: 67).

New Mexico Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata: Collins, Huheey, Knight, and Smith, 1978, Herpetol. Circ., 7: 13; Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 28; Collins, 1997, Herpetol. Circ., 25: 14; Collins and Taggart, 2009, Standard Common Curr. Sci. Names N. Am. Amph. Turtles Rept. Crocodil., ed. 6: 9).

New Mexico Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata: Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 96).

New Mexican Spea (Spea stagnalis: Yarrow, 1882, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 24: 24).

New Mexico Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata multiplicata: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 29).

Montane Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata multiplicata: Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 23).

Montane Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata stagnalis: Liner and Casas-Andreu, 2008, Herpetol. Circ., 38: 23).

Desert Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata stagnalis: Liner, 1994, Herpetol. Circ., 23: 29). ; Crother, Boundy, Campbell, de Queiroz, Frost, Highton, Iverson, Meylan, Reeder, Seidel, Sites, Taggart, Tilley, and Wake, 2001 "2000", Herpetol. Circ., 29: 16

Chihuahuan Desert Spadefoot (Spea multiplicata stagnalis: Frost, McDiarmid, and Mendelson, 2008, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 37: 12; Frost, McDiarmid, Mendelson, and Green, 2012, in Crother (ed.), Herpetol. Circ., 39: 22).

Distribution

Southeastern Utah and southern Colorado through western Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas south to the southern edge of the Mexican Plateau as far Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Tlaxcala, USA, sea level to 2743 m elevation.

Comment

Considered a species distinct from Spea hammondii by Brown, 1976, Contrib. Sci. Nat. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles Co., 286: 1-15, Sattler, 1980, Copeia, 1980: 605-610, and Wiens and Titus, 1991, Herpetologica, 47: 21-28. Regarded, on the basis of over-all similarity to be conspecific with Spea hammondii by Van Devender, Mead, and Rea, 1991, Southwest. Nat., 36: 302-314, and by Tanner, 1989, Great Basin Nat., 49: 503-510. Tanner recognized Spea stagnalis Cope as the northern (Arizona to central Chihuahua) subspecies of his Spea hammondii, which is here, on the basis of phylogenetic evidence presented by Wiens and Titus, considered to be part of Spea multiplicatus. Chávez-Juárez, Alcaraz-Cruz, and Valenzuela Galván, 2004, Herpetol. Rev., 35: 185, provided a record for southern Morelos, Mexico. Liner, Johnson, and Chaney, 1976, Herpetol. Rev., 7: 177, provided a record for Tlaxcala.

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