Giant Toad

Rhinella horribilis

The Giant Toad is a big, bumpy frog that loves to hop around! It can be found in warm places and is known for its loud croaks at night.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Giant Toad has rough, warty skin that is usually olive-brown, grey, or reddish-brown, often with darker spots. It has prominent bony ridges above its eyes and large, triangular poison glands behind its ears, making its head look broad.

ReinoAnimaliaFiloChordataClaseAmphibiaOrdenAnuraFamiliaBufonidaeGéneroRhinella

Giant Toad

Categoría

Anfibios

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Female Giant Toads can lay tens of thousands of eggs in a single string!

Giant Toads drink by absorbing water through special skin patches on their bellies!

Their loud, rumbling calls sound like a purring motor or a distant engine.

These amazing amphibians can live in both damp forests and dry grasslands!

Habilidades especiales

Giant Toad can ooze a milky poison from glands behind its ears that makes predators very sick.

Giant Toad has bumpy, earth-toned skin that helps it blend perfectly into leaf litter and muddy environments.

Giant Toad has an enormous appetite, allowing it to eat almost anything that fits into its wide mouth.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 10-24 cm
Peso: 0.5-1.5 kg
Esperanza de vida: 5-10 años
Top Speed: 2 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 8000-35000
Metamorfosis: 14-49 días

Dieta y alimentación

This toad is a hungry hunter, eating insects, small animals, and even pet food left outside!

Diferencias por edad: Tadpoles are detritivores, eating algae and tiny bits of plants; adults become carnivores.

Alimentos principales

beetles
ants
cockroaches
snails
small rodents
lizards

Método de búsqueda

Ambush

Conexiones ecológicas

eaten by

Spectacled Caiman

Caiman crocodilus

Younger toads are prey for these large, wetland reptiles.

eaten by

Eastern Indigo Snake

Drymarchon corais

These snakes are often immune to toad toxins and eat them.

hunts

American Cockroach

Periplaneta americana

Toads frequently ambush and consume a variety of large insects.

hunts

House Mouse

Mus musculus

Giant Toads will opportunistically catch and eat small rodents.

Rasgos

Manchado

Marcado con manchas o parches de un color diferente.

Solitario

Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.

Canto

Los animales cantores producen vocalizaciones complejas, a menudo con el propósito de atraer parejas, defender el territorio o comunicarse dentro de su especie.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.