#1979 · 🐸 amphibians
Eastern Spadefoot
🇳🇱 Oostelijke woelpad ·Scaphiopus holbrookii
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what is it?
Scaphiopus holbrookii , commonly known as the eastern spadefoot , is a species of American spadefoot toad (family Scaphiopodidae) endemic to the United States.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 7,133 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Richard Harlan in 1835 (191 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Spadefoot
- Nederlands
- Oostelijke woelpad
- scientific name
- Scaphiopus holbrookii
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Scaphiopodidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 7,133
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1835 by Richard Harlan
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Scaphiopodidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 26695, Wikidata Q932943, GBIF 2429796, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.