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Colorado River toad
Conservation status
Colorado River toad
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Colorado River toad
Secure  (NatureServe)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Incilius
Species:
I. alvarius
Binomial name
Incilius alvarius
(Girard, 1859)
Synonyms[3]
  • Bufo alvarius Girard in Baird, 1859
  • Phrynoidis alvarius – Cope, 1862
  • Cranopsis alvaria – Frost et al., 2006
  • Ollotis alvaria – Frost et al., 2006

The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is well known for its ability to exude toxins from glands within its skin that have psychoactive properties.

  1. ^ Geoffrey Hammerson, Georgina Santos-Barrera. (2004). "Incilius alvarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54567A11152901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54567A11152901.en. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  2. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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