How To Use Spadefoot In A Sentence

Spadefoots are so-named for the large, keratinous metatarsal tubercles that are internally supported by a well-ossified prehallux, located on the outside edges of their feet.
Spadefoot toads are desert-dwelling amphibians that breed opportunistically in short lived pools filled by periodic rainfall.
Western spadefoot toads burrow into the wash bottom, emerging to produce another batch of mosquito larvae-eating tadpoles during the summer rains.
Spadefoots usually dig their own burrows, but are also known to use the burrows of other animals.
The extent to which spadefoot tadpoles become cannibalistic varies between the different species and according to ecological circumstance.

The toad doesn't really need us to make him a home, both the spadefoot and Colorado river toad can excavate burrows almost three feet deep.
Couch's spadefoot sounds like an unhappy goat.
Spadefoot toad tadpoles and other species that develop in ephemeral pools have evolved traits that allow for successful development in an unpredictable environment.