Cane toad
Species of amphibian
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Summary
Cane toad is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.31% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,944 views/month, #597 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Physically interacts with: freshwater crocodile[4]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
- Parent taxon: Rhinella[6]
- Endemic to: Americas[7]
- Taxon name: Rhinella marina[8]
- Commons category: Rhinella marina[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Rhinella marina[10]
- Commons gallery: Bufo marinus[11]
- External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/7eabb3cb-039d-4906-b7a4-6de4d0d47294[12]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14]
- Original combination: Rana marina[15]
- Taxon synonym: Bufo marinus[16]
- Short name: R. marina[17]
- Taxon common name: Sapo Común[18], Sapo Grande[19], Crapaud[20], Agua Toad[21], Cane Toad[22], Giant Marine Toad[23], Giant Toad[24], Marine Toad[25], Shoulder-knot Frog[26], 海蟾蜍[27], 蔗蟾[28], sapu xigante[29], aga[30], Aga-Kröte[31]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wiki goes Caribbean[32]
- Invasive to: Australia[33]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[34]
- Egg incubation period: 4.5 day[35]
- Diel cycle: nocturnal[36]
- Taxon range: Brazil[37]
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Identifiers
Recorded iNaturalist taxon ID include 67129[38] and 553515[39]. Cane toad's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8386[40]. Cane toad's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 333309[41]. Cane toad's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5216933[42]. Recorded ITIS TSN include 773729[43] and 776031[44].
Why It Matters
Cane toad has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 95 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]