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Giant Marine Toad/Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

Description:

It is an animal fertile due to the large number of eggs laid by females. Their reproductive success is also due in part to the variety of foods that can be your diet, unusual among frogs, and that includes both living and dead materials. Generally, adults reach from 10 to 15 centimeters in length. The largest specimen of the kind of news that has average 38 cm from snout to vent and weighed 2.65 kg. Both adults and tadpoles are highly toxic when ingested. Because of the voracious appetite, was introduced in various regions of the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean islands as a method of biological control of pests, notably in Australia in 1935.

Habitat:

Native of Central and South Americas

Notes:

This specimen was in a water pipe of a neighbor. I helped her get it out of there and then I dropped it in a pond nearby.

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1 Comment

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

great series, good to hear it was successfully rescued.

LeonardoMB
Spotted by
LeonardoMB

São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brazil

Spotted on Feb 22, 2013
Submitted on Feb 22, 2013

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