Species Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cane Toad
- Rana marina Linnaeus, C. 1758. Classis III. Amphibia. pp. 194-238 in Linnaeus, C. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [211].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, America.
Generic Combinations
- Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Chaparro, J.C., Pramuk, J.B. & Gluesenkamp, A.G. 2007. A new species of arboreal Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from cloud forest of southeastern Peru. Herpetologica 63(2): 203-212 - Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758).
- Chaunus marinus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Frost, D.R., Grant, T., Faivovich, J., Bain, R.H., Haas, A., Haddad, C.F.B., de Sá, R.O., Channing, A., Wilkinson, M., Donnellan, S.C., Raxworthy, C.J., Campbell, J.A., Blotto, B.L., Moler, P., Drewes, R.C., Nussbaum, R.A., Lynch, J.D., Green, D.M. & Wheeler, W.C. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 297: 1-370 + Fig. 50 foldout
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced from Hawaiian Islands, but native to far southern U.S., Mexico, Central America and northern South America.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, crepuscular, lentic freshwater, low open woodland, low woodland, mangrove, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, swamp, tall forest, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Opportunistic breeder, free-living tadpole, breeds in lentic freshwater.
General References
Broughton, W.C. & Sabath, M.D. 1980. The distribution records of the marine toad Bufo marinus. Part 1: Australia. Griffith University, Brisbane, A.E.S. Working Papers 2/80: 1-81
Cochran, D.M. & Goin, C.J. 1970. Frogs of Colombia. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 288: i-xii, 1-655 (extralimital synonyms)
Covacevich, J. & Archer, M. 1975. The distribution of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, in Australia and its effects on indigenous vertebrates. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 17: 305-310
Easteal, S. 1981. The history of introductions of Bufo marinus (Amphibia: Anura); a natural experiment in evolution. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 16: 93-113
Frost, D.R. (ed.) 1985. Amphibian Species of the World; a taxonomic and geographical reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Systematics Collections v 732 pp. (for full synonymy)
Gorham, S.W. 1974. Checklist of World Amphibians. Saint John : New Brunswick Museum 172 pp. [81] (exralimital synonyms)
van Beurden, E. & Grigg, G.C. 1980. An isolated and expanding population of the introduced toad Bufo marinus in New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 7: 305-310
History of changes
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