Desert Spadefoot Toad

Desert Spadefoot Toad
Desert Spadefoot Toad
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Myobatrachidae
Subfamily: Limnodynastinae
Genus: Notaden
Species: N. nichollsi
Binomial name
Notaden nichollsi
Parker, 1940

The Desert Spadefoot Toad (Notaden nichollsi) is a species of frog in the Myobatrachidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, hot deserts, and temperate desert.

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