#1926 · 🐸 amphibians

Cane Toad

🇳🇱 Agapad ·Rhinella marina

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © David Sinnott · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Connor Margetts · CC BY 4.0
3. © shierandrulist · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Mark Yokoyama · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Andreas Kay · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Antonio Rodríguez Arduengo · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Steve Kerr · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The cane toad ( Rhinella marina ), also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad , is a large, terrestrial true toad which is native to South and mainland Central America, but has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean, as well as Northern Australia. 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...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,169iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
34,169 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).