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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.
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. [45]
A study of the parotoid glands of the Colorado River toad in 1976 found that the parotoid glands were "composed of numerous lobules", each of which is a separate unit with a lumen surrounded by a double cell layer. The cell layers have interlocking microvilli.
Licking the Sonoran Desert toad is dangerous due to toxic secretions that contain the substance 5-MeO-DMT, which has been called the "God molecule."
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The name bufotenin originates from the toad genus Bufo, which includes several species of psychoactive toads, most notably Incilius alvarius, that secrete bufotoxins from their parotoid glands. [4] Bufotenin is similar in chemical structure to the psychedelics psilocin (4-HO-DMT) , 5-MeO-DMT and DMT , chemicals which also occur in some of the ...
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Japanese common toad, Japanese warty toad or Japanese toad (Bufo japonicus) bufotalin, Bufotoxin: Japan and is present on the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku Fowler's toad (Anaxyrus fowleri) Bufotoxin: eastern United States and parts of adjacent Canada cane toad (Rhinella marina) Bufotoxin, Bufotenin