Latest cane toad research
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- Similar Habitat Gradients Across Native and Invasive Ranges Elicit Divergent Evolutionary Responses.
Cheung K, Edwards RJ, DeVore JL et al. · Ecology and evolution · 2026-09 · open access
Knowledge about an invasive species' biology within its native range illuminates the underlying evolutionary processes that occur following introduction. Cane toads ( Rhinella marina ) were introduced to coastal Queensland in 1935 and continue to expand their range across Australia. Despite low…
- From Chemical Defense to Drug Discovery: Bioactive Molecules, Pharmacological Activities, and Therapeutic Potential of Rhaebo guttatus and Rhinella marina Secretions.
Da Silva BED, Albiero LR, Sinhorin VDG · Biology · 2026-09 · open access
Amazonian bufonid toads represent an important source of bioactive compounds with promising pharmacological potential. Among them, Rhaebo guttatus and Rhinella marina produce complex cutaneous and parotoid gland secretions composed mainly of bufadienolides, indole alkaloids, antimicrobial peptides,…
- Morphological perspectives of the heart of Rhinella marina: Contributions to comparative anatomy and evolutionary biology.
da Costa Cardoso ES, Ferreira MAS, Santana RLS et al. · Tissue & cell · 2026-09
- Hidden Apicomplexa diversity in cane toad Rhinella marina from the Brazilian Amazon, with description of a new Lankesterella species.
Alves-Coêlho T, Chagas-de-Souza D, Chagas CRF et al. · Parasitology international · 2026-09
- Reconstituting a two-step pathway for N , N -dimethyltryptamine (DMT) biosynthesis in bacteria.
Junges LH, Pontes FLD, Mota FJT et al. · Metabolic engineering communications · 2026-07 · open access
N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) is a bioactive indole alkaloid that could greatly benefit from scalable, fermentation-based production for research and pharmaceutical applications. In this study, we reconstructed a two-step bacterial pathway converting L-tryptophan to DMT via tryptamine. This involved…
- Ectoparasite presence is associated with alterations in immune function after an acute stressor in cane toads (Rhinella marina).
Floreste FR, Titon B Jr, Gomes FR et al. · General and comparative endocrinology · 2026-05 · open access
Parasites can alter host fitness and physiology in multiple ways, including chronic activation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal (HPA/I) axis, resulting in prolonged glucocorticoid release. Such chronic effects may also disrupt the acute stress response mediated by the HPA/I axis,…
- Amblyomma crassum Robinson, 1926 (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae): morphological and molecular confirmation of females and nymphs, with description of the nymphal stage.
Martínez-Sánchez ET, Alvarez-Londoño J, Mancilla-Agrono LY et al. · Acta tropica · 2026-05
- A national-scale early detection and rapid response (EDRR) to invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) in Taiwan
Lai YC, Lin CF, Tseng LM et al. · Biological invasions. · 2026-04
- Complex range expansion and selective regime in the introduced Florida cane toad.
Mittan-Moreau CS, Trumbo D, Zamudio KR · Heredity · 2026-02
- Clinical review of Colorado river toad (Incilius alvarius) intoxication in dogs in Arizona: clinical signs, treatments, and outcomes.
Wilkins A, Cagle L, Wells R et al. · Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2026-01
- Detection of Leptospira in cane toads (Rhinella jimi) from urban and rural Paraíba, Brazil.
de Souza Rocha KN, de Lima Peixoto A, de Medeiros Pereira LS et al. · The Veterinary record · 2026-01 · open access
Background Leptospirosis is a significant zoonosis in tropical regions, where poor sanitation and favourable climate aid its spread. Synanthropic animals such as the cane toad (Rhinella jimi), which share environments with both people and wild and domestic animals, may harbour Leptospira and…
- Activity Responses of Rana forreri and Rhinella horribilis Tadpoles to Predation Cues.
González-Aguilar D, Abarca JG, Sondhi Y et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2026-01 · open access
Tadpoles must rapidly detect and respond to predation cues to survive the most vulnerable stage of anuran development. Although previous studies have examined the effects of visual or chemical cues on tadpole behavior, none have compared the effects of multiple predator-associated sensory stimuli…
- From Field to Lab: Giant Toad (Rhinella horribilis) as an Emerging Model for the Study of Amphibian Blood Parasites.
Matta NE, Gamboa-Suárez BA, Ospina-Rios AT et al. · Integrative zoology · 2025-11
- Arid habitats intensify sexual conflict in invasive cane toads ( Rhinella marina ).
Shine R, Ward-Fear G, Jolly CJ et al. · Royal Society open science · 2025-11 · open access
Amplexus by male cane toads ( Rhinella marina ) impairs a female's mobility and may impose a risk of drowning. Near the arid-zone edge of the toads' Australian invasion, artificial ponds provide the only permanent open water. Cane toads must access water to hydrate every few nights, creating a…
- Quantifying the potential impact of the cane toad (Rhinella marina) on biodiversity in Australia's Pilbara region.
Dunlop J, von Takach B, Dempster T et al. · Scientific reports · 2025-11 · open access
- Advancing invasive species monitoring: A free tool for detecting invasive cane toads using continental-scale data
Leung FKW, Schwarzkopf L, Allen-Ankins S · Ecological Informatics · 2025-11
- Viral diversity in vertebrates from Alto Pantanal, Mato Grosso, 2019.
Ramirez Pavon JA, Aparecido da Silva Neves N, de Oliveira Martins A et al. · Virology · 2025-10
- Larval Adaptation to Salinity Shock in Cane Toads ( Rhinella marina ) From Coastal French Guiana.
Ducatez S, Shine R, DeVore JL · Ecology and evolution · 2025-10 · open access
Many habitats not only differ in mean conditions but also in the degree to which these conditions fluctuate through time. Therefore, local adaptation to both mean abiotic conditions and habitat variability can enhance organismal viability. Within their native range in French Guiana, cane toads (…
- The effect of hypoxia and hyperoxia on the growth and metabolic rate of Rhinella marina tadpoles.
Schofield CB, White CR · The Journal of experimental biology · 2025-09 · open access
The gill-oxygen limitation theory (GOLT) hypothesises that specific growth rate slows as water-breathing ectotherms increase in size because their two-dimensional respiratory surfaces cannot keep up with the growth of their three-dimensional bodies. Thus, a declining relative oxygen supply causes…
- Rickettsia parkeri Strain Atlantic Rainforest in Archived Amblyomma geayi from Three-Toed Sloth ( Bradypus tridactylus ) in Manaus, Brazil.
Moreira R, Moreira G, Hemnani M et al. · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025-09 · open access
In the Brazilian Amazon biome, there has been a rise in human spotted fever cases, but still significant knowledge gaps regarding the diversity and epidemiology of the tick-host- Rickettsia relationship. In the herein study, rickettsiae were investigated in ticks from captured live wild hosts in…
- New tick records in the western Brazilian Amazon, with notes on rickettsial infection and molecular evidence for Amblyomma crassum in Brazil.
Tojal SD, Labruna MB, Martins TF et al. · Acta tropica · 2025-09
- Knocking out genes to reveal drivers of natural selection on phenotypic traits: a study of the fitness consequences of albinism.
Funk AT, Martin J, Clark M et al. · Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025-08 · open access
Conclusions about the adaptive significance of phenotypic traits typically rely on correlations between the trait and fitness, but pleiotropic effects of a single trait on fitness and covariation among traits can confound such comparisons. For example, a trait may have several benefits or costs…
- Acoustic insights into the Rhinella marina group: revisiting the advertisement calls of two closely related species (Anura: Bufonidae).
Parreira I, Andrade FS, Costa-Campos CE et al. · Zootaxa · 2025-08
- Evolutionary insights into Na + /K + -ATPase-mediated toxin resistance in the Crested Serpent-eagle preying on introduced cane toads in Okinawa, Japan.
Tobe A, Sato Y, Kondo M et al. · BMC ecology and evolution · 2025-07 · open access
- Differential Temporal Shifts in Skin Bacteria on Wild and Captive Toads.
Weitzman CL, Day K, Brown GP et al. · Microbial ecology · 2025-04 · open access
Skin bacteria on amphibian hosts play an important role in host health, but those communities are also constantly shifting based on environmental and host-related feedback. On some hosts, stability of skin communities depends on relatively abundant taxa, with less abundant taxa more readily…
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