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Cane toad

Rhinella marina
Tentang namanya: The common name comes from its use against the cane beetle, which damages sugar cane. The name 'marine toad' came from a mistaken belief that it lived in the sea.1
Perlu ke dokterJangan sentuhJarang mematikan, tetapi jika seseorang menyentuh atau memakannya, ia harus ke dokter.
Katak beracun, kodok, dan kadal air Racun di kulitnyaMakan: Sedikit dari semuanyaBeracun, bukan berbisa
Bahaya bagi manusia: SeriusJika seseorang menyentuh atau memakannya, ia harus ke dokter. Kematian sangat jarang.

The cane toad is a large toad that is very poisonous to many animals. It is native to South and mainland Central America, but people have moved it to islands in Oceania and the Caribbean and to northern Australia. It matters because it spreads quickly and harms native wildlife and pets.1

Beracun atau berbisa? Hewan berbisa menyuntikkan bisa lewat gigitan atau sengatan. Hewan beracun berbahaya jika disentuh atau dimakan. Yang ini beracun.
Hidup di
Native to South and mainland Central America. Introduced to islands in Oceania and the Caribbean, and to northern Australia.1
Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan
Beranda
Cane toads live in open grassland and woodland. They prefer places changed by people, such as gardens and drainage ditches. In their native areas they can also be found in subtropical forests.1
Panjang
10 cm sampai 24 cm (3,9 in sampai 9,4 in)1
Kecepatan tertinggi
sekitar 2 km/jam (1,2 mph)
Di darat, perkiraan kasar
Apa makanannya?
Cane toads eat both living and dead matter. They mainly find food by sight, but they can also use their sense of smell. Their diet includes small mammals, reptiles, birds, bats, many insects, plants, pet food and household rubbish.1
Beneran!Foto Cane toad
Cane toad. Foto: Connor Margetts. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Cara mengenalinya

  • Very large, with adults usually 10 to 15 cm long1
  • Dry, warty skin with distinct ridges above the eyes that run down the snout1
  • A large parotoid gland (a swollen gland) behind each eye1
  • Grey, yellowish, red-brown or olive-brown skin, often with patterns1
  • Horizontal pupils and golden irises1

Sering tertukar dengan: In Australia, adults can be confused with large native frogs, but these lack the large parotoid glands and the ridge between the nostril and eye. The giant burrowing frog has vertical pupils and silver-grey irises, while the cane toad has horizontal pupils and golden irises. In the United States, the southern toad has two bulbs in front of the parotoid glands.1

Kekuatan racun

Racun di kulitnya

Kulitnya beracun. Berbahaya untuk disentuh, dijilat, atau dimakan.

Apa efek racunnya?

The toad's glands secrete a milky-white fluid called bufotoxin when it is threatened. Components of bufotoxin are toxic to many animals. In dogs, signs of poisoning include excessive drooling, extremely red gums, head-shaking, crying and loss of coordination.1

Seberapa berbahaya bagi manusia?

Bahaya bagi manusia: SeriusJika seseorang menyentuh atau memakannya, ia harus ke dokter. Kematian sangat jarang.

The toxic skin can kill many wild and domestic animals. Dogs are especially at risk from licking or biting the toad. Human deaths have also been recorded after people ate cane toads.1

Apa yang dilakukannya saat takut?

When threatened, it releases bufotoxin from its glands.1

Jika seseorang menyentuh atau memakannya

  • Jika seseorang menyentuhnya: cuci tangan sampai bersih dan jangan menyentuh mata atau mulut. Jika anak atau hewan peliharaan menjilat atau memakannya: hubungi pusat informasi keracunan atau nomor darurat.

Selalu hubungi nomor darurat dulu (112, 000, 911). Ini panduan pertolongan pertama umum, bukan nasihat medis. Dasar-dasar pertolongan pertama

Tetap aman

  • Jangan pernah menyentuh, menangkap, atau mengganggu hewan liar, walaupun kecil, dan walaupun tampak tidur atau mati.
  • Beri ia ruang. Jika bertemu, tetap tenang, mundur perlahan, dan biarkan ia pergi.
  • Jika kamu menyentuh atau memakannya: jangan mengucek mata atau mulut, cuci tangan, dan cari bantuan medis.

Ia tidak mengincarmu. Racunnya hanya ada supaya tidak ada yang memakannya. Lebih lanjut tentang tetap aman

Seberapa besar dia?

Seberapa panjang dia?

Cane toad panjangnya sekitar 24 cm (9,4 in)Sebuah pisang sekitar 18 cm (7,1 in)Kucing peliharaan sekitar 50 cm (1,6 ft)
sepanjang 8 balok mainan yang dijajarkanbisa menempuh 100 meter dalam 180 detik (manusia tercepat butuh 9,6)

Seberapa besar Cane toad dibandingkan KAMU?

Hanya hitungan di browsermu. Tidak ada yang disimpan atau dikirim ke mana pun.

Seberapa cepat dia?

layak diketahui

Fakta

1

Young toads lose the toxicity they had as eggs and tadpoles, and they only develop their poison glands later. Only an estimated 0.5% of cane toads reach adulthood.1

2

In Australia, tadpoles have evolved to be more likely to eat their siblings than tadpoles in South America.1

3

A female can lay thousands of eggs in one spawn, in strings up to 20 metres long.1

4

In the wild, cane toads can live 10 to 15 years, and one captive toad was reported to have lived 35 years.1

5

The cane toad is considered the largest species in the Bufonidae, the toad family.1

6

Cane toads eat both living and dead matter, which is unusual among frogs and toads.1

Pembongkar mitos

Mitos: The name 'marine toad' suggests that cane toads live in the sea.

Faktanya: Cane toads do not live in the sea. The name came from a mistaken belief by an early naturalist.1

Untuk ahli bisa

Nama ilmiah
Rhinella marina
Kelompok
Katak beracun, kodok, dan kadal air
Keluarga
Bufonidae2
Urutan
Anura
Benua
Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan
Anak
A female lays 8,000 to 25,000 eggs at once, in long jelly strings that can stretch up to 20 metres.1
Umur
sekitar 15 tahun1
Bahaya bagi manusia
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Dari mana faktanya berasal

  1. Cane toad (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Rhinella marina (iNaturalist): nama dan klasifikasi.
  3. Venom Wiki: tingkat bahaya, ukuran umum, dan perkiraan kecepatan adalah buatan kami. Lihat cara kami menghitungnya: Cara kami menilai bahaya.

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