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The southern toad (Anaxyrus terrestris) is a true toad native to the southeastern United States, from eastern Louisiana and southeastern Virginia south to Florida. [2] It often lives in areas with sandy soils. It is nocturnal and spends the day in a burrow. Its coloring is usually brown but can be red, gray, or black.
Florida also began requiring owners to pay a permit fee of $100 a year and place microchips on the animals. These predators are included on the list for their formidable size and aggressive natures; animals that were in the Everglades before the list was created, however, are breeding in the wild. [49]
Native plants and animals in Florida are threatened by the spread of invasive species. [2] Florida is a major biodiversity hotspot in North America and the hospitable sub-tropical climate has also become a hotspot for invasive plants and animals due to anthropogenic introduction. [3] [4]
There are many deadly animals in Florida and the Everglades. Facts about the most dangerous animals: Alligators, sharks, panthers, snakes, spiders.
Asian giant toad (Phrynoidis asper) Bufotoxin: Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sundas. Colombian giant toad, Blomberg's toad (Rhaebo blombergi) Bufotoxin: western Colombia (Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, and Nariño Departments) and northwestern Ecuador (Carchi, Esmeraldas, and Imbabura Provinces) western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) Bufotoxin
Poisoning from toad toxin is rare but can kill. [7] It can occur when someone drinks toad soup, eats toad meat or toad eggs, or swallows live toads. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It can also happen when someone deliberately takes commercial substances made with toad toxins. [ 8 ]
Eastern narrow-mouthed toads are ant specialists, so 95% of their prey items are of various ant species. [30] A study in 2013 identified 4,859 individual ants retrieved from stomachs of 146 eastern narrow-mouthed toads in Florida scrub. [31] These toads also feed on termites, small beetles, and other various arthropods.