Animals / Amphibian

Cane toad

Rhinella marina · Bufonidae

The cane toad, also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America, but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean, as well as Northern Australia. It is a member of the genus Rhinella, which includes many true toad species found throughout Central and South America, but it was formerly assigned to the genus Bufo.

Where the Cane toad lives

Recorded in United States of America, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Peru (Oceania, North America, South America and Asia).

Introduced, not native, in Ashmore and Cartier Is., Philippines and Puerto Rico.

Most records fall in Western Australia, Queensland, Florida, Hawaii, Madre de Dios and New South Wales.

See the Cane toad’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 82,045 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.