CANETOAD

Cane toad

The cane toad, also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad which is native to Central and South America, but has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a member of the genus Rhinella but was formerly in the genus Bufo, which includes many different true toad species found throughout Central and South America. 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 ...

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cane toad

Noun

  1. A large toad, Bufo marinus.
    2007 Gee, Joshua Encyclopedia Horrifica, Scholastic: New York. p110:
    • Pieces of the deadly cane toad (Bufo marinus) are thought to be contained in some zombi poisons.


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