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Spadefoot Toads

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Spadefoot Toads
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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 6 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.58

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spadefoot, subterranean, ticking, housing, unthinkable, spade-shaped, watertight, semi-arid, undergo, arid, settling, elsewhere, such, metamorphosis, thus, shun

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Spadefoot Toads By Vickie Chao

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¹     Amphibians -- frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts -- cannot live without water for a very practical reason. If they don't keep their moist skin damp at all times, they die! Thus, for most amphibians, rivers, lakes, and ponds are the natural housing choices.
 
²     Spadefoot toads, however, are not most amphibians. They dwell in arid or semi-arid places. They even thrive in deserts!
 
³     Why do spadefoot toads survive in habitats that their other relatives shun? The answer lies in their feet and skin.

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