Notaden

Notaden is a genus of burrowing ground frogs native to central and northern Australia. Their common name is Australian spadefoot toads.^[1]

Notaden
Crucifix toad (Notaden bennettii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Limnodynastidae
Genus:	Notaden Günther, 1873
Diversity
4 species
The distribution of Notaden

Description

Its body is very round in shape with a short neck. Its pupils are horizontal slits. It has long arms and short, stubby legs. Its fingers lack webbing and its toes may have slight to no webbing. The skin is slightly warty and very glandular. Because of its similarity to some species of toads it is often incorrectly referred to as a toad. It excretes poisonous sticky fluid from its skin when handled. It lays eggs in chains similar to some toad species.^{[citation needed]}

Species

There are four species in this genus:^[1]

Common name	Binomial name	Image
Crucifix toad	Notaden bennettii (Günther, 1873)
Northern spadefoot toad	Notaden melanoscaphus (Hosmer, 1962)
Desert spadefoot toad	Notaden nichollsi (Parker, 1940)
Weigel's toad	Notaden weigeli (Shea and Johnston, 1988)