Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

An illustration (Figure 2) of Scaphiopus antiquus, holotype (KUMVP 1469) from the original description (Taylor, 1941). Sacral vertebra and coccyx fused (actual length, 7 mm).

AMPHIBIA (Amphibians) ANURA (Frogs) SCAPHIOPODIDAE (North American Spadefoots)

Antique Spadefoot
†Scaphiopus antiquus (Taylor 1941)

Conservation Status:
Extinct

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Distribution:

(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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1941	Taylor, Edward H. Extinct toads and salamanders from Middle Pliocene beds of Wallace and Sherman counties, Kansas. State Geological Survey of Kansas, Bulletin 38(6):177-196 Original descriptions of Anaxyrus hibbardi, Anaxyrus arenarius, Scaphiopus antiquus, Scaphiopus pliobatrachus, Ambystoma kansense, Plioambystoma kansense, Lanebatrachus martini, and Ogallalabatrachus horarium
1945	Lane, Henry H. A survey of the fossil vertebrates of Kansas, Part II. Amphibia. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 48(3):286-316
1956	Zweifel, Richard G. Two Pelobatid frogs from the Tertiary of North America and their relationship to fossil and recent forms. American Museum Novitates 1762():1-45
1966	Kluge, Arnold G. A new pelobatine frog from the lower Miocene of South Dakota with a discussion of the evolution of the Scaphiopus/Spea complex. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 113():42761
1985	Schultze, Hans-Peter, L. Hunt, J. Chorn, and A. M. Neuner. Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Part II. Fossil amphibians and reptiles. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications (77):1-66 Also check on several listed names not in KHA as KS taxa.

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