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the spadefoot toads in a sentence
1. Some, such as the spadefoot toads, have strong biting jaws and are carnivorous or even cannibalistic.
2. The spadefoot toads of North America are also adapted to underground life.
3. The spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus spp.) of North America fall into this category.
4. The Mesobatrachia comprise five fossorial families, including the spadefoot toads of Europe, North America, and East Asia, the parsley frogs, and the Mexican burrowing toad, as well as one obligatorily aquatic family, the Pipidae of Africa and South America.
5. His second novel for children, Night of the Spadefoot Toads, was released in October 2008 and won a Green Earth Book Award.
Some Words
- strong biting jaws
- The calls
- occasional soft squeaks
- A clicking sound
- Dicamptodon ensatus
- vocal cords
- a rattling or barking sound
- a quiet squeak
- their voices
- a particular species
- its characteristic call
- a fleeting glimpse
- the sound
- the vocal cords
- an air sac
- a balloon
- a resonator
- the atmosphere
- The main vocalisation
- the male's loud advertisement call
- a female
- other males
- a quieter courtship call
- a more aggressive version
- a male intruder
- the expenditure
- much energy
- Other calls
- the advertisement call
- a release call
- unwanted attempts
- a distress
- fright call
- a scream
- The usually nocturnal Cuban tree frog
- Osteopilus septentrionalis
- a rain call
- the territorial behaviour
- home ranges
- such behaviour