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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Reconstruction of Spea labreae, sp. nov. (dark spadefoots, center and right) in La Brea Tar Pits compared with Spea hammondii (light spade-foot, left), the species currently present in the area, and the presence of the Mexican burrowing toad (Rhinophrynidae, bottom). Courtesy of La Brea Tar Pits
 

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Artwork by Arturo Dávalos

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