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  Colorado River Toad
Colorado river toads are carnivores, and will eat snails, beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, lizards, mice, and other smaller toad species.
Colorado river toads are found in the northern parts of Mexico, the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico, and the southeast corner of California.
These toads are semi-aquatic and usually found in large, somewhat permanent streams, occasionally near small springs, temporary rain pools, human-made canals, and irrigation ditches.
www.wcs.org /7490/factsheetarchive/factsheet-rivertoad   (328 words)

  
 Reptiles and Amphibians » Toads » Colorado River Toad Main Page
Colorado River Toads are native to arid desert areas near washes, dry grasslands, and woodlands.
Colorado River Toads often live near large streams, although they have also been frequently found near human-made waterways like canals, or near smaller springs or large rain puddles.
Colorado River Toads secrete a very poisonous toxin that causes powerful hallucinations when ingested and in large amounts may even be able to kill a human.
www.centralpets.com /animals/reptiles/toads/tod5873.html   (552 words)

  
 Sonoran Desert Toad (Bufo alvarius)
This toad is common in the Sonoran Desert.
Sonoran Desert toads have extremely potent, defensive toxins that are released from several glands (primarily the paratoids) in the skin.
Colorado River toads are impressive amphibians, the largest toads in the Sonoran Desert, with an equally impressive diet of insects, including the large palo verde wood borer beetles.
www.desertmuseum.org /books/desert_toad.html   (538 words)

  
 Bufo alvarius - Colorado River Toad Sonoran Desert Toad Care Sheet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Most experienced toad keepers will use a thermometer in their toad's enclosures in order to know whether or not their toads are living within a suitable temperature range.
Toads do not drink water, they absorb it through their skin, therefore a water dish should be provided that is large enough for the toads to easily get in and out of.
I feel that any wild-caught toad is almost certainly infected with something and that while this may not be a problem in the wild; when they are kept in a cage, they get re-exposed to the parasite eggs through contact with their own wastes and will eventually have problems - particularly if stressed.
www.bufoalvarius.org /caresheet.htm   (2692 words)

  
 Terrain.org - Toads Gone Wild, by Scott Calhoun
Toads may look stern and portly, but when you consider their behavior, this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Given the fact that the Colorado River toad lives at least ten years, he or she could be a long-term garden resident.
Meanwhile the adult toad is gorging on termites, cat-calling the girl toads, living after midnight, rockin’ till the dawn, lovin’ ‘till the morning, then he’s gone, he’s gone.
www.terrain.org /articles/15/calhoun.htm   (914 words)

  
 PetPlace.com - Toad Toxicity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The poisonous marine toad is one of the most common poisonous toads found in the United States.
The Colorado River toad and the giant toad, also called the marine toad, are the two most common poisonous toads found in the United States.
The Colorado River toad is found along large streams in the southwestern United States, from Arizona to southern California and into Mexico.
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 PetPlace.com - Toad Toxicity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Though most toads are bitter tasting and usually result in profuse drooling in any pet that tries to take a taste, only a couple of species of toads are truly poisonous.
Toad toxicity is more common in dogs than cats and usually affects young or curious pets who spend time outdoors.
The presence of toad parts in the gastrointestinal tract of the affected animal or observation of the animal in direct contact with a toad just prior to the onset of the clinical signs is the only means of diagnosis.
petplace.netscape.com /articles/artShow.asp?artID=992   (395 words)

  
 BISON Species Account 020095   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
NEW MEXICO 1988: This toad is restricted to Hidalgo Co., where recorded along the Arizona border (northward to the vicinity of Rodeo) and eastward locally to near Animas and southeast of the Animas Mountains in lower Deer Creek (Schmitt et al.
Colorado River toads (Bufo alvarius) occur between 1250 and 1500 meters elevation in New Mexico *11*(Degenhart et al., 1996 - in press).
The Colorado River toad is primarily a Sonoran desert species, although it extends locally into adjacent regions as well (Fouquette 1970).
fwie.fw.vt.edu /states/nmex_main/species/020095.htm   (1824 words)

  
 Couch’s spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchi)
Brightly colored, this toad is green to greenish-yellow with reticulations (net-like lines) or spots of fl or brown on the back and legs, and numerous small, fl-tipped warts on the back and sides.
The Sonoran green toad is found along washes in mesquite grasslands and creosote bush flats between 500 and 1500 feet (150 to 450 m).
Toad and spadefoot activity is highly correlated with the monsoon season.
www.desertmuseum.org /books/nhsd_bufo.html   (2185 words)

  
 TOAD species   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Colorado River TOAD is nocturnal and remains underground throughout the day, escaping the extreme temperatures with the strategy of subterranean life.
It is nocturnal and burrows in the loose soil.
Length: The length of this TOAD is equivalent to that of the Eastern Narrowmouth TOAD, i.e.
www-astro.physics.ox.ac.uk /~erik/toad/toad_world.html#ba   (5933 words)

  
 Toronto Zoo > Meet The Animals > Fact Sheet
Food: Colorado River Toads are carnivorous and survive on live insects, mainly beetles, worms and other invertebrates.
Toads moult their skins (frequency depends on growth, as in snakes).
Toads are plump-bodies, slow moving and graceless, they are protected by the milky secretions from their parotid glands and warts.
www.torontozoo.com /Animals/details.asp?AnimalId=629   (461 words)

  
 Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 3 January 1823, Stephen F. Austin began a colony of 300 American families along the Brazos River in present-day Fort Bend County and Brazoria County, centered primarily in the area of what is now Sugar Land.
This group became known as the "Old Three Hundred." The "Conventions" of 1832 and 1833 responded to rising unrest at the policies of the ruling Mexican government.
Texas borders New Mexico on the west, Oklahoma on the north (across the Red River), and Louisiana (across the Sabine River) and Arkansas on the east.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas   (3959 words)

  
 Colorado River Toad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bufo alvarius - Colorado River Toad Sonoran Desert Toad
Bufo alvarius (Colorado River toad) is found in the Southwest, and Bufo marinus is found in Florida and Hawaii.
Bufo alvarius - Colorado River or Sonoran Desert Toad
www.justcolorado.info /browse/colorado-river-toad.html   (209 words)

  
 endangered pecie breeders pet lifestyle uk
The Colorado River TOAD is therefore notorius as the "psychedelic TOAD".
Habitat: The Colorado River TOAD is the only species that exists exclusively within the Sonoran Desert (and therefore also referred to as the ``Sonoran Desertin the vicinity of dependable water in order to survive.
Consequently, the principle habitat of this species is within the drainage of permanent rivers and streams of the Sonoran Desert.
www.v8go.co.uk /lifestyle/pet/breeders/endangered-pecie.asp   (529 words)

  
 Bufo alvarius - Toad Distribution Maps
These toads can be found near sloughs, river banks and irrigated lands along the Gila and Colorado rivers from the Arizona-California border to Tucson and beyond.
This toad as been collected at: "Old Fort Yuma, Imperial County, California - on the north bank of the Colorado River, opposite its junction with the Gila River [1968]".
The toad is not currenty protected and a person is allowed to collect 10 toads per year after obtaining an Arizona General Hunting License ($25.50).
mv.lycaeum.org /mu/bufo_alvarius.html   (276 words)

  
 colorado river blinds Information Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 The Truth About Toad Licking!
The toad's venom is concentrated on the surface of it's skin, and that's why licking is dangerous.
The only toad known to contain 5-MeO-DMT in it's venom is Bufo Alvaris, also called the Colorado River Toad.
It is found in the Southwestern portions of the U.S., usually along the Colorado River in Southern Arizona, California, and Northern New Mexico.
www.geocities.com /Area51/Labyrinth/9624/thetoad.html   (1084 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
I am new in AZ so my fund of the state resources is minimal.
I hear you can find dem toads in the washes after a rain around AZ in May and June and during the monsoon season.
This is the amount of venom that can be easily 'milked' without stressing the animal too much; 100 mg would be the upper limit.
dmt.lycaeum.org /oldmsgs/toads.html   (226 words)

  
 Colorado River Toad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 colorado river toad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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What makes these toads dangerous isn't their bite.
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 TOAD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Sonoran Desert toad, also known as the Colorado River toad (Bufo alvarius), is restricted to desert regions of southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Mexico.
It is a large toad, ranging in size from 7 - 17 cm.
It is olive green to brown, but with a creamy underside.
helios.bto.ed.ac.uk /bto/desertecology/toad.htm   (92 words)

  
 Buy Live Bufo alvarius (Colorado River Toad, Sonoran Desert Toad)
Unlike most toads, the Colorado River Toad is semi-aquatic and must remain in the vicinity of dependable water in order to survive.
Bufo alvariusis nocturnal and escapes the tremendous desert heat by remaining underground, emerging at night to congregate in wet areas near streams and lakes and fields irrigated for agriculture.
The Sonoran Desert Toad is the largest North American toad, attaining a body length of up to 7 inches.
www.herbalfire.com /toad.htm   (220 words)

  
 Bufo alvarius - Recommendations for the Care of Amphibians and Reptiles in Academic Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The toads burrow into the substrate, which dries slowly during the next month; a shallow water dish in the cage allows the toads to rehydrate when they emerge from the substrate at night.
The toads are dug out of the moss and fed weekly, until feeding ceases at about the time the moss dries completely.
The presence of a group of toads appears to contribute to the formation of amplexing pairs, and amplexus normally begins very soon after the females are introduced.
members.cox.net /bufoalvarius/care.htm   (12078 words)

  
 Junior's Safety Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
He licked a Colorado River Toad and we flushed out his mouth with water running out side to side not down his throat.
When stressed, the toads exude a toxin from glands at the back of the head — in just about the spot a dog might choose to grab hold.
The toad toxin causes a wild heart rate and high temperatures that can be fatal.
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 A030   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Colorado River toads are found in the lower Colorado River and in the irrigated lowlands of
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Wright, J. Predation on the Colorado river toad, Bufo alvarius.
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 Bufo alvarius - Colorado River Toad Sonoran Desert Toad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Bufo alvarius: The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert - This is The Bible, folks.
How to smoke toad venom with the proper dosage and what happens next.
Toad Venom...Their Toxicity and Psychoactive Effects - Student paper in Neurochemistry.
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 Crump, In Search of the Golden Frog, excerpt
A dog that bites into a toad and gets a mouthful of these white secretions is quickly deterred and may even die.
Ancient cultures of Mesoamerica are thought to have used toad secretions as hallucinogens during religious ceremonies.
Haitian witch doctors include toad secretions in their concoctions designed to induce near-death comas and to create zombies of their victims.
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