Cane toad
Scientific name: Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
The cane toad, also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad, is a large, terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America, but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean, as well as Northern Australia. It is a member of the genus Rhinella, which includes many true toad species found throughout Central and South America, but it was formerly assigned to the genus Bufo.
From the Wikipedia article “Cane toad”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: North America.
Common names
Also known in English as Agua Toad, Giant Marine Toad, Giant Toad, Marine Toad, Shoulder-knot Frog.
Names in other languages (9)
- Arabic
- علجوم القصب
- Bengali
- কেন ব্যাঙ
- Chinese
- 海蟾蜍, 蔗蟾
- French
- Crapaud
- German
- Aga-Kröte
- Japanese
- オオヒキガエル
- Persian
- وزغ نیشکر
- Russian
- Ага
- Spanish
- Sapo Común, Sapo Grande
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q321087, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Cane toad”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Range map — Created by LiquidGhoul, ammended by Tnarg 12345, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026