#1932 · 🐸 amphibians

Giant Toad

Rhinella horribilis

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Grigory Heaton · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Pedro Ivo · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Brian Gratwicke · CC BY 4.0
4. © Ivan Clemente Torres · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Joey Santore · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. San Francisco de Sales, Cundinamarca, CO:© davidgmarin · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Hopelchén, MX-CM, MX:© Chris Harrison · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 507, Panamá, Provincia de Panamá, Panamá:© El Cineman · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Palenque, Chis., Mexico:© Chris Harrison · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Tecolotlán, MX-JA, MX:© Misael Santana Puentes · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Rhinella horribilis is the scientific name used for populations of the cane toad or giant toad located in Mesoamerica and north-western South America when they are considered to be a separate species from Rhinella marina , a name which is then mostly restricted to Amazon basin populations. R. horribilis was originally described from Mexico as Bufo horribilis before later being considered a synonym of Bufo marina and later Rhinella marina . The specific epithet horribilis has now been...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 25,904iNaturalist 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).