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The Colorado River toad can grow to about 190 millimetres (7.5 in) long and is the largest toad in the United States apart from the non-native cane toad (Rhinella marina). It has a smooth, leathery skin and is olive green or mottled brown in color. Just behind the large golden eye with horizontal pupil is a bulging kidney-shaped parotoid gland.
Bufagin is a toxic steroid C 24 H 34 O 5 [3] obtained from toad's milk, the poisonous secretion of a skin gland on the back of the neck of a large toad (Rhinella marina, synonym Bufo marinus, the cane toad). The toad produces this secretion when it is injured, scared or provoked.
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.
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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Poisoning from toad toxin is rare but can kill. [7] It can occur when someone drinks toad soup, eats toad meat or toad eggs, or swallows live toads. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It can also happen when someone deliberately takes commercial substances made with toad toxins. [ 8 ]
Colorado River Toad → Colorado River toad — Animal names are not proper nouns. A dog is not "a Dog"; an African elephant is not an "African Elephant". --Tenebrae 21:09, 26 February 2011 (UTC) And a toad is not "a Toad." Support move. Spidey 104 20:01, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
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