Cane toads in Florida secrete a milky-white toxin that can harm or even kill animals that lick, bite or eat them, including ...

Large, triangular parotoid glands are prominent on the shoulders; parotoid glands of native "true" toads are oval. Unlike native southern toads, cane toads don't have ridges or "crests" on top of ...

Milking the amphibian's parotoid gland extracts cane toad toxin, which is then placed inside the underwater traps. A gentle squeeze to the gland is all it takes to secrete the liquid, in a process ...

Milking the amphibian's parotoid gland extracts cane toad toxin, which is then placed inside the underwater traps. A gentle squeeze to the gland is all it takes to secrete the liquid, ...

Most notably, large parotoid glands behind its eyes and smaller glands on its limbs produce powerful toxins containing 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin—compounds that can cause serious illness or death in ...

Recent studies have also revealed that fire salamanders can regenerate significant portions of their poisonous parotoid glands after damage, allowing them to replenish their defensive toxins—a ...

Bufotalin is one of the bufadienolides isolated from Formosan Ch’an Su, which is made of the skin and parotid glands of toads. Ingestion of toad venom results in severe morbidity and high mortality.

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose designation of critical habitat for the arroyo southwestern toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus) pursuant to the Endangered Species ...