Cane toad
Botlhole mo letlalong la yoneE ja: Bonnye jwa sengwe le sengweE botlhole go e ama kgotsa go e ja, ga e tsenye botlholeThe 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

Tsela ya go e lemoga
- 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
Gantsi e tlhakanngwa le: 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
Maatla a botlhole
Letlalo la yone le botlhole. Go kotsi go e ama, go e latswa kgotsa go e ja.
Botlhole jwa yone (jwa go e ama kgotsa go e ja) bo dira eng?
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
E kotsi go le kae go batho?
Kotsi go batho: E masisiFa mongwe a e ama kgotsa a e ja, a ye kwa ngakeng. Go swa go seoka thata.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
E dira eng fa e tshogile?
When threatened, it releases bufotoxin from its glands.1
Fa mongwe a e amile kgotsa a e jele
- Fa mongwe a amile e nngwe: tlhatswa diatla sentle mme o se ka wa ama matlho kgotsa molomo. Fa ngwana kgotsa phologolo ya gae e latswitse kgotsa e jele e nngwe: leletsa senthara ya botlhole kgotsa nomoro ya tshoganyetso.
Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha
Nna o babalesegile
- O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
- E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
- Fa o e amile kgotsa o e jele: o se ka wa gotlha matlho kgotsa molomo wa gago, tlhatswa diatla mme o batle thuso ya bongaka.
Ga e go batle. Botlhole jwa yone bo teng fela gore sepe se se ka se e je. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile
Kae mo lefatsheng?
E kgolo go le kae?
E telele go le kae?
boleele jo bo lekanang le diboloko tsa go aga tsa ditshamekisi di le 8 mo moleng
e ka taboga dimetara di le 100 ka metsotswana e le 180 (motho yo o bonako go gaisa o tlhoka 9,6)Cane toad e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?
Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.
E bonako go le kae?
Dintlha
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
In Australia, tadpoles have evolved to be more likely to eat their siblings than tadpoles in South America.1
A female can lay thousands of eggs in one spawn, in strings up to 20 metres long.1
In the wild, cane toads can live 10 to 15 years, and one captive toad was reported to have lived 35 years.1
The cane toad is considered the largest species in the Bufonidae, the toad family.1
Cane toads eat both living and dead matter, which is unusual among frogs and toads.1
Mosenyi wa ditlhamane
Tlhamane: The name 'marine toad' suggests that cane toads live in the sea.
Nnete: Cane toads do not live in the sea. The name came from a mistaken belief by an early naturalist.1
Ya baitseanape ba botlhole
- Leina la saense
- Rhinella marina
- Setlhopha
- Digwagwa tsa botlhole, digwagwa tse dingwe le dinewt
- Lelapa
- Bufonidae2
- Lekoko
- Anura
- Dikontinente
- Amerika Bokone, Amerika Borwa
- Masea
- A female lays 8,000 to 25,000 eggs at once, in long jelly strings that can stretch up to 20 metres.1
- Dingwaga tsa botshelo
- e ka nna dingwaga di le 151
- Kotsi go batho
- 3 / 5: E masisi3
Kwa dintlha di tswang teng
- Cane toad (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Rhinella marina (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
- Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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