#1995 · 🐸 amphibians

Sonoran Desert Toad

🇳🇱 Coloradopad ·Incilius alvarius

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Bridget Spencer · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Pedro E. Nahuat-Cervera · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Val Weston · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © David Bygott · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Patrick Dockens · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Jasper Nance · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Lon&Queta · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Jasper Nance · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Mike Cardwell · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Joey Santore · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Colorado River toad ( Incilius alvarius ), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad , is found in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. Its toxin, as an exudate of glands within the skin, contains 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,623iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).