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Cane toad
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Species of amphibian
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The cane toad, scientifically named *Rhinella marina*, is a species of amphibian within the family Bufonidae. It belongs to the order Anura, class Amphibia, and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2009.
Endemic to the Americas, the cane toad’s range includes Brazil, Rurópolis, and Venezuela. It is also invasive to Australia. The toad inhabits brackish and freshwater environments, where it physically interacts with the freshwater crocodile. Its egg incubation period is 4.5. Common names for the species include Sapo Común, Sapo Grande, Crapaud, and Agua Toad.
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Species
Least Concerncane toad
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAmphibia
- OrderAnura
- FamilyBufonidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cane toad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.