Cane Toad

Rhinella marina (species), “Marine Toad”, “Giant Neotropical Toad”, “Rana Marina”, “Bufo Marinus”, “Rhinella Marinus”, “Chaunus Marinus”, “Agua Toad”, “Giant Marine Toad”, “Giant Toad”, “Shoulder-Knot Frog”

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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 the world's largest true toad. 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. The cane toad is an old species. A fossil toad (specimen UCMP 41159) from the La Venta fauna of the late Miocene of Colombia is 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…