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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.
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 ...
The Sonoran desert toad (Bufo alvarius), also known as the Colorado river toad, is one of 'Please Don't Lick Psychedelic Toads:' The National Parks Service's Unusual Request To Visitors Skip to ...
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."
This is a list of amphibians of New Mexico: all frogs, toads, and salamanders native to the U.S. state of New Mexico.. New Mexico has extreme biomes, having mountain ranges down the east and west sides of the state, with forests in the west, desert in the central and eastern regions, and grasslands in the northeast near the border of Oklahoma.
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.
While some may be tempted to offer the Sonoran Desert toad a kiss, the National Park Service urged visitors to leave the potentially deadly amphibians alone.
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 ]