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Cane toad
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bufo marinus, giant neotropical toad, marine toad, King toad, Giant toad
Species of amphibian
A cane toad is a large amphibian species that was originally introduced to various countries to control agricultural pests. The species has become significant because it has spread widely in some regions, creating ecological impacts as an invasive species.
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Species
Least Concerncane toad
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyBufonidae
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Wikidata facts
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- Bufo marinus
- Commons category
- Rhinella marina
- taxon common name
- Aga-Kröte
- egg incubation period
- 4.5
- taxon name
- Rhinella marina
- short name
- R. marina
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/7eabb3cb-039d-4906-b7a4-6de4d0d47294
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on Taveuni, Fiji The cane toad (Rhinella marina), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America, but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean, as well as Northern Australia. It is a member of the genus Rhinella, which includes many true toad species found throughout Central and South America, but it was formerly assigned to the genus Bufo.
A fossil toad (specimen UCMP 41159) from the La Venta fauna of the late Miocene in Colombia is morphologically indistinguishable from modern cane toads from northern South America. It was discovered in a floodplain deposit, which suggests the R. marina habitat preferences have long been for open areas. The cane toad is a prolific breeder; females lay single-clump spawns with thousands of eggs. Its reproductive success is partly because of opportunistic feeding: it has a diet, unusual among anurans, of both dead and living matter. Adults average 10–15 cm (4–6 in) in length; the largest recorded specimen had a snout–vent length of 24 cm (9.4 in).