Duttaphrynus melanostictus
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Duttaphrynus melanostictus is commonly called Asian common toad, Asian black-spined toad, Asian toad, black-spectacled toad, common Sunda toad, and Javanese toad. It is probably a complex of more than
Duttaphrynus melanostictus at Niaosong Wetland Park, Kaohsiung 2022 01 23
In the Western Ghats, India
The wart patterns of the toads are unique and have been used for individual identification in studies.
Vocalizing
Cane toads in Australia
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The cane toad in Australia is regarded as an exemplary case of an invasive species. Australia's relative isolation prior to European colonisation and the Industrial Revolution, both of which dramatica
Duttaphrynus melanostictus
…toad is not eradicated from Madagascar and stronger quarantines are not developed to prevent reinvasion, it could have comparable impacts to those of cane toads in Australia. Because – like Australia's – Madagascar's native predators have been isolated from bufonids since the Jurassic, they are thought to lack resistance…
A light-coloured cane toad.
Laughing kookaburra with a juvenile cane toad.
A purse made from a cane toad