Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:2167ae62-03a5-472d-925a-4d757b3a8de7

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

JSON

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Rhinella marina
For higher taxa, this will give you a hierarchical listing of layers for each taxon.

RDF

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Further details

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Species presence

Recorded In Australia

Terrestrial Habitats

Conservation status

IUCNLeast Concern

Occurrence records map

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Source: Wikipedia
Image by: Michael Linnenbach
Rights: Copyright by Michael Linnenbach

Description

The cane toad is very large; the females are significantly longer than males, reaching an average length of 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in). "Prinsen", a toad kept as a pet in Sweden, is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest recorded specimen. It reportedly weighed 2.65 kilograms (5.84 lb) and measured 38 cm (15 in) from snout to vent, or 54 cm (21 in) when fully extended. ... source: Wikipedia

Cane toads are relatively long-lived with specimens being recorded of 16 years. Females can weigh up to 2.5 kg. They are active mostly at night and eat mostly ants, termites and beetles but have been known to take a wide variety of insects, frogs, small reptiles and even some small mammals. Under ideal conditions, they can reach adult size within 12 months. ... source: feral.org.au

Cane Toads are large, stout amphibians with a dry and warty skin. Grey and olive brown above with pale belly with dark, irregular spots. The males make a low-pitched whirring sound when calling. source: OZ Animals

Online resources

Aus Wild Life
- Images
Citizen Science
- Images, Occurrence record
Encyclopedia of Life
- Description, Video Page Url, Images
Flickr EOL
- Images, Occurrence record
OZ Animals
- Description, Distribution, Morphology, Habitat, Diet, Reproduction
Wikipedia
- Description, Distribution, Ecology, Reference, Images
feral.org.au
- Description, Distribution, Distribution Map

Species Lists

Australian iconic species

Images

Names and sources

Accepted name	Source
Rhinella marina	Australian Faunal Directory

Synonyms

Synonyms	Source
Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Australian Faunal Directory
Chaunus marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Australian Faunal Directory
Chaunus marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Frost, D.R., Grant, T., et al. 2006. The amphibian tree of life. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Vol. 297 pp. 1-370 + Fig. 50 foldout
Rana marina Linnaeus, 1758	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: Linnaeus, C. 1758. Classis III. Amphibia. Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundem Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentis, Synonymis, Locis. Tom.1 Editio decima, reformata pp. 824 pp. pp. 194-238
Rhinella marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Australian Faunal Directory
Rhinella marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)	Australian Faunal Directory
Published in: 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 Vol. 63 (2) pp. 203-212

Common Names

Common name	Source
Cane Toad Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature Aus Wild Life Encyclopedia of Life OZ Animals feral.org.au Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist Australian Faunal Directory
Giant Toad Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature
Marine Toad Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist International Union for Conservation of Nature
Giant Marine Toad Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	International Union for Conservation of Nature
Marine Toad, Giant Toad Is this a preferred common name for this species? YES \| NO	OZ Animals

Working classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

Occurrence records

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Charts showing breakdown of occurrence records

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Record maps from other sources

Source: feral.org.au

VIC	Declared Controlled Pest Animal (Schedule 2)
WA	Declared animal
SA	Declared animal pest
AU	Key Threatening Process
QLD	Non-declared
NT	Not declared
TAS	Prohibited animal
NSW	Regulated non-indigenous animal

Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cane Toad