Marine Toad Rhinella marina; formerly Bufo marinus Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Family: Bufonidae

Characterisation of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I in the Australian Cane Toad, Rhinella marina

The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) class I is a highly variable gene family that encodes cell-surface receptors vital for recognition of intracellular pathogens and initiation of immune responses. The MHC class I has yet to be characterised in bufonid toads (Order: Anura; Suborder: Neobatrachia; Family: Bufonidae), a large and diverse family of anurans. Here we describe the characterisa...

Toad Intoxication in the Dog by Rhinella marina : The Clinical Syndrome and Current Treatment Recommendations.

Oral exposure to the secretions of Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus ) can carry a high fatality rate without early and appropriate treatment. In dogs, the clinical syndrome, which is evident almost immediately, manifests in profuse ptyalism along with gastrointestinal, respiratory, and neurologic signs. Severe cardiac arrhythmias develop less frequently. This review will cover the history...

Rhinella marina (Cane Toad or Crapaud)

Food of the Marine Toad, Bufo mavinus, and Six Species of Skink in a Cacao Plantation in New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Food items from the stomachs of the toad Bufo marinus comprised 88 % snails and ants. The main single item of food of the skinks Carlia fusca, Emoia baudinii, E. callisticta, E. mivarti, Lamprolepis smaragdinum and Sphenomorphus jobiensis was lepidopteran larvae.

Observations of Boreal Toad (Bufo boreas) Breeding Populations in Northwestern Utah