[Dailydrool] toads, frogs and bufo marinus

[Arlene Johnson]

This is what I found when I looked up  Bufo Marinus,
   
  From the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
The natural range of Bufo marinus is from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas south to the Central Amazon and southeastern 
Peru. This toad has been introduced into the Caribbean Islands, South Florida (Key West and Stock islands, Tampa Bay, 
Hillsborough, Dade and Broward counties), the Hawaiian islands, and Australia's east coast (East Queensland and 
Coastal New South Wales). Bufo marinus has been called one of the 100 worst invasive species worldwide by the 
Invasive Species Specialist Group. (Aguirre and Poss, 1999; Cameron, 2002; Invasive Species Specialist 
When confronted by a predator, it is able to secrete bufotoxin from the paratoid and other glands on the back in the form 
of white viscous fluid. This toxic fluid is largely comprised of cardioactive substances. If a predator ingests these toxins, 
or they contact mucous membranes, they may cause profuse salivation, twitching, vomiting; shallow breathing and 
collapse of the hind limbs. This toxin can cause temporary paralysis or even death in some predators, including dogs. 
(Bureau of Rural Sciences, 1998)



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