enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Cane toad - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toad

    The cane toad is estimated to have a critical thermal maximum of 40–42 °C (104–108 °F) and a minimum of around 10–15 °C (50–59 °F). [43] The ranges can change due to adaptation to the local environment. [44] Cane toads from some populations can adjust their thermal tolerance within a few hours of encountering low temperatures. [45]

  3. Bufagin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufagin

    Bufagin is a toxic steroid C 24 H 34 O 5 [3] obtained from toad's milk, the poisonous secretion of a skin gland on the back of the neck of a large toad (Rhinella marina, synonym Bufo marinus, the cane toad). The toad produces this secretion when it is injured, scared or provoked.

  4. Portal:Amphibians and reptiles/Selected article/1 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Amphibians_and...

    The Cane toad has large poison glands, and adults and tadpoles are highly toxic to most animals if ingested. Because of its voracious appetite, the Cane toad has been introduced to many regions of the Pacific and the Caribbean islands as a method of agricultural pest control , notably in the case of Australia in 1935, and derives its common ...

  5. What is a bufo toad? Here are tips on how to keep your pets ...

    www.aol.com/bufo-toad-tips-keep-pets-090341357.html

    Cane toads have enlarged, triangular glands behind their eyes, which can secrete a milky-white toxin used to ward off predators, including house pets. The native southern toad has oval-shaped ...

  6. This warty, toxic pest threatens entire ecosystems. These ...

    www.aol.com/news/warty-toxic-pest-threatens...

    On the edge of a dark, suburban park in Brisbane, teams of volunteer toad-catchers gather around Gary King as he shoves another squirming specimen into a cooler box. This warty, toxic pest ...

  7. Cane toads in Australia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia

    A young cane toad. The cane toad in Australia is regarded as an exemplary case of an invasive species.Australia's relative isolation prior to European colonisation and the Industrial Revolution, both of which dramatically increased traffic and import of novel species, allowed development of a complex, interdepending system of ecology, but one which provided no natural predators for many of the ...

  8. South Florida Overrun by Poisonous Cane Toads, Posing Risk to ...

    www.aol.com/news/south-florida-overrun-poisonous...

    The cane toad secretes a milky liquid that can potentially be fatal to pets who lick or bite it. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

  9. Bufotoxin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufotoxin

    Bufotoxins are a family of toxic steroid lactones or substituted tryptamines of which some are toxic. They occur in the parotoid glands, skin, and poison of many toads (Bufonidae family) and other amphibians, and in some plants and mushrooms. [1] [2] [3] The exact composition varies greatly with the specific source of the toxin.