Couch's Spadefoot

Couch's Spadefoot

Scaphiopus couchii

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Big Bend National Park
38 Verified records at Big Bend National Park
September Best month highest sighting rate
🌙 Nocturnal When it's active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Couch's Spadefoot sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 38 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Big Bend National Park

Mexican Spadefoot
LC

Mexican Spadefoot

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Spea multiplicata

Insufficient data
Red-spotted Toad
LC

Red-spotted Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Anaxyrus punctatus

20–30% · Possible
Rio Grande Leopard Frog
LC

Rio Grande Leopard Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Lithobates berlandieri

20–30% · Possible
Texas Toad
LC

Texas Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Anaxyrus speciosus

10–20% · With luck
Canyon Tree Frog
LC

Canyon Tree Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Dryophytes arenicolor

5–10% · With luck
American Bullfrog

American Bullfrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Lithobates catesbeianus

5–10% · With luck
Green Treefrog
LC

Green Treefrog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Dryophytes cinereus

5–10% · With luck
Green Toad
LC

Green Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Anaxyrus debilis

5–10% · With luck
Western Narrow-mouthed Toad
LC

Western Narrow-mouthed Toad

🌙 Nocturnal Amphibian

Gastrophryne olivacea

5–10% · With luck
Cliff Chirping Frog
LC

Cliff Chirping Frog

☀️🌙 Day & Night Amphibian

Eleutherodactylus marnockii

5–10% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
5–10
Apr
10–20
May
20–30
Jun
10–20
Jul
20–30
Aug
40–50
Sep
10–20
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🌙 When They're Spotted

Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)

🌙Nocturnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Big Bend National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
2 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
3 Guadalupe Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
4 Cumbres de Monterrey National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Couch's Spadefoot in Big Bend National Park?

About 14% of wildlife watchers report a Couch's Spadefoot sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 38 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Couch's Spadefoot in Big Bend National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Couch's Spadefoot in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.

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