Spea multiplicata
The Mexican spadefoot toad (Spea multiplicata) is a species of American spadefoot toad found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like other species of spadefoot toad, they get their name from a distinctive spade-like projections on their hind legs, which enable them to dig in sandy soils. Spea multiplicata can be identified by its wedge-shaped spade (from Wikipedia entry). This sample of a male individual found in Portal, Arizona, was procured by Christoph Liedtke and coordinated by Ivan-Gomez Mestre to generate a high-quality reference genome for the Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP). Sequencing and genome assembly were conducted at the Vertebrate Genome Lab (VGL) at the Rockefeller University, led by Erich D. Jarvis, Giulio Formenti, and Jennifer Balacco.
isolate
aSpeMul1
dev_stage
adult
collection_date
2022-08-10
geo_loc_name
USA: Portal, Arizona
sex
male
tissue
muscle, liver
biomaterial_provider
Donana Biological Station CSIC: Ivan Gomez-Mestre
collected_by
Christoph Liedtke
lat_lon
31.911028 N 109.144667 W
store_cond
-80oC
treatment
Snap frozen
Permit
#SP821845
Source ID
Spmul1
BioSampleModel
Model organism or animal