Northern Spadefoot Toad

Northern Spadefoot Toad
Northern Spadefoot Toad
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Genus: Notaden
Species: N. melanoscaphus
Binomial name
Notaden melanoscaphus
Hosmer, 1962

The Northern Spadefoot Toad (Notaden melanoscaphus) is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, swamps, and intermittent freshwater marshes.

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