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The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.It is well known for its ability to exude toxins from glands within its skin that have psychoactive properties.
Bufotenin is found in the skin and eggs of several species of toads belonging to the genus Bufo, but is most concentrated in the Colorado River toad (formerly Bufo alvarius, now Incilius alvarius), the only toad species with enough bufotenin for a psychoactive effect.
American toad (Anaxyrus americanus) Bufotoxin: eastern United States and Canada. Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius) 5-MeO-DMT, Bufotenin: southeastern California, New Mexico, Mexico and much of southern Arizona Rhinella arenarum: Bufotoxin: Argentina from the Chubut Province northward, Bolivia east of the Andes, southern Brazil, and Uruguay
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Also known as Colorado River toads or Sonoran Desert toads, these endearing animals are not defenseless. When they get scared, glands on their skin secrete a thick, white, creamy substance called ...
Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius) [45] [30] [42] The Colorado River toad is a noted animal source of 5-MeO-DMT. First described in 1983 by Ken Nelson (writing under the pseudonym of Albert Most), smoking the parotoid secretions of the animal produces a powerful and short-lived psychedelic experience . [ 46 ]
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The parotoid gland (alternatively, paratoid gland) is an external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of some frogs (especially toads), and salamanders. It can secrete a number of milky alkaloid substances (depending on the species) known collectively as bufotoxins , which act as neurotoxins to deter predation .