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.

Habitat: Wetlands

Appearance

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.

KingdomAnimaliaPhylumChordataClassAmphibiaOrderAnuraFamilyBufonidaeGenusRhinella

Giant Toad

Interesting facts

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!

Special abilities

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.

Measurements & details

Length: 10-24 cm
Weight: 0.5-1.5 kg
Lifespan: 5-10 years
Top Speed: 2 km/h
Clutch Size: 8000-35000
Metamorphosis: 14-49 days

Diet & Feeding

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

Age differences: Tadpoles are detritivores, eating algae and tiny bits of plants; adults become carnivores.

Primary Foods

beetles
ants
cockroaches
snails
small rodents
lizards

Foraging Method

Ambush

Ecological connections

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.

Traits

Spotted

Marked with spots or patches of a different color.

Solitary

Solitary animals live alone for most of their lives, only interacting with others for mating or parental care.

Singing

Singing animals produce complex vocalizations, often for purposes of attracting mates, defending territory, or communicating within their species.

Insectivorous

This trait identifies organisms whose diet primarily consists of insects and other small invertebrates.

Longevous

This trait characterizes organisms with an exceptionally long lifespan compared to others of their kind.

Wetland

This habitat trait identifies species found in wetlands, which are areas of land saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, including marshes, swamps, and bogs.