Cane toad
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An illustration based on the real animal.
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Cane toads have horizontally shaped pupils.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Cane toad
- Scientific name
- Rhinella marina
- Japanese name
- オオヒキガエル
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Bufonidae
- Genus
- Rhinella
It originally comes from South America, but it now lives in many places around the world.
Its eggs and tadpoles are poisonous too, so they are not easily eaten by predators.
How the Cane toad lives
They mainly search for food at night in mature forests and on roads. In southern Florida, they eat ants, beetles, and earwigs. When moving, they make short, quick hops. During cold or dry seasons, they stay inactive in shallow hollows beneath ground cover.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebBasic data
- Range
- South America
Where the Cane toad has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- オオヒキガエル
- 简体中文
- 海蟾蜍
- 繁體中文
- 海蟾蜍
- 한국어
- 사탕수수두꺼비
- Español
- Sapo gigante
- Français
- Crapaud
- Deutsch
- Aga-Kröte
- Italiano
- Rospo delle canne
- العربية
- علجوم القصب
- Tiếng Việt
- Cóc mía
- Русский
- Ага
- বাংলা
- কেন ব্যাঙ
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — オオヒキガエルChecked: 2026-11-04
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Rhinella marinaChecked: 2026-11-06
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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