| Does the Commission agree that the revival of a rail freight line in this area is inconsistent with the European Habitat Directive, under which the adder, great crested newt, common spadefoot and crane are protected? |
| Tadpoles of both Couch's spadefoot toad and the Western spadefoot toad accelerate metamorphosis in response to pond drying. |
| Several interesting species of reptiles and amphibians are restricted in Canada to this region: the prairie rattlesnake, the eastern short-horned lizard, the plains spadefoot toad, and the great plains toad, among others. |
| 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. |
| Of all the creatures on the Carrizo, the endurance champion of the underworld is the spadefoot toad. |
| However, Eastern spadefoot toads, which have a very short developmental period prior to metamorphosis, did not show any increase in corticosterone over an hour of confinement. |
