Habitat Requirements Home Range and Distribution Reproduction Habitat Behavior Voice Status Conservation Literature Links The Western Spadefoot tolerates a wide range of conditions from arid to semiarid (Behler & King, e1996). It prefers open areas of shortgrass plains and sandy and alkali flats, washes, and river flood plain (Behler & King, 1996). Intermittent pools of water, irrigation canal, reservoirs, edges of streams, and rain pools are frequented for breeding (Stebbins, 1951). Spadefoot toads are numerous where soil conditions are favorable for burrowing (Behler & King, 1996). Food sources include ants, beetles, grasshoppers, and crickets (Behler & King, 1996).