Species profile—Rhinella marina (cane toad)

Classification

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Amphibia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (amphibians) → Bufonidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=bufonidae ) (true toads) → Rhinella marina (cane toad)

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Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=716#imgGallery )

Sighting data

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KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=716&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=716&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=716 )

Species details

Kingdom

Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (animals)

Class

Amphibia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia ) (amphibians)

Family

Bufonidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=amphibia&family=bufonidae ) (true toads)

Scientific name

Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common name

cane toad

Type reference

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae. Classis III. Amphibia. Holmiae: Laurentii Salvii 824 pp. 10th edn. 1: 194-238 [211].

WildNet taxon ID

716

Synonym(s)

Bufo marinus
Rhinella marinus
Chaunus marinus

Alternate name(s)

giant toad
giant American toad
marine toad

Conservation significant

No

Endemicity

Introduced

Pest status

Poisonous

Species environment

Aquatic & Terrestrial

Other resources

• Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Rhinella%20marina#tab_mapView )
• Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=RHINELLA%2BMARINA )

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=716 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=716 ).

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.