Latest cane toad research
Newest papers on Rhinella marina in the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically.
- Advancing invasive species monitoring: A free tool for detecting invasive cane toads using continental-scale data
Franco Ka Wah Leung, Lin Schwarzkopf, Slade Allen‐Ankins · Ecological Informatics · 2025-04 · open access
- Chronic recording of brain activity in awake toads.
Shaykevich DA, Woods GA, O'Connell LA et al. · Journal of neuroscience methods · 2025-04
- Tadpole Skin Secretions, Not Food or Temperature, Mediate Costly Cannibal-Induced Plasticity in Invasive Cane Toad Hatchlings.
Crossland MR, Shine R, DeVore JL · Ecology and evolution · 2025-03 · open access
Hatchlings of invasive cane toads ( Rhinella marina ) in Australia respond facultatively to chemical cues of non-feeding cannibalistic conspecific tadpoles by accelerating development, but consequently experience reduced growth, development and survival in the subsequent tadpole stage.…
- First European record of Rickettsia bellii in Amblyomma rotundatum from Rhinella marina imported to Poland.
Dyczko D, Szymański DM, Szymański D et al. · Experimental & applied acarology · 2025-03
- Ecosurveillance reveals subtle metabolic effects on the non-native cane toad (Rhinella marina) from low levels of accumulated environmental per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Lettoof DC, Suzuki M, Nilsson S et al. · Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2025-03 · open access
- Rapid geographic divergence in competitive ability of cane toad larvae (Rhinella marina) during a biological invasion.
Clarke GS, Shine R, Brown GP et al. · Ecology · 2025-03 · open access
- Deep learning-based detector of invasive alien frogs, Polypedates leucomystax and Rhinella marina, on an island at invasion front
Kimura K, Fukuyama I, Fukuyama K · Biological invasions · 2025-03
- Neural and sensory basis of homing behaviour in the invasive cane toad, Rhinella marina .
Shaykevich DA, Pareja-Mejía D, Golde C et al. · Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025-02
- Hemogregarines in bufonid anurans from the Brazilian Amazon, with description a new species of Lankesterella (Apicomplexa: Lankesterellidae).
Alves-Coêlho T, Chagas-de-Souza D, Fernandes Chagas CR et al. · International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2025-02 · open access
Here we describe, in an unprecedented way for the Brazilian Amazon, one Apicomplexa species infecting an anuran in Pará, Brazil, using an integrative approach that includes taxonomy, providing morphology, morphometrics, and molecular data. Samples were collected between February 2021 and February…
- Big-Hearted Invaders: The Impacts of Range Expansion and Parasite Infection on Heart Mass in Cane Toads.
Crane HR, Rollins LA, Shine R et al. · Integrative zoology · 2025-01
- Live Fast, Die Young: Life History Traits of an Apex Predator Exacerbate the Ecological Impact of a Toxic Invader.
Ward-Fear G, Brown GP, Pettit L et al. · Ecology and evolution · 2024-11 · open access
We studied a population of large varanid lizards (yellow-spotted monitors Varanus panoptes ) on a floodplain in tropical Australia. Growth records from radio-tracked lizards show that despite their large adult body sizes (to > 7 kg in males), these lizards attained sexual maturity at less than 1…
- Landscape Heterogeneity and Environmental Dynamics Improve Predictions of Establishment Success of Colonising Small Founding Populations.
Pili AN, Schumaker NH, Camacho-Cervantes M et al. · Evolutionary applications · 2024-10 · open access
In long-distance dispersal events, colonising species typically begin with a small number of founding individuals. A growing body of research suggests that establishment success of small founding populations can be determined by the context of the colonisation event and the new environment. Here,…
- Water Availability and Temperature as Modifiers of Evaporative Water Loss in Tropical Frogs.
Juarez BH, Quintanilla-Salinas I, Lacey MP et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2024-09 · open access
Introduction Hydro- and thermoregulation are critical elements of physiological processes in all organisms. Water is necessary for the transport and maintenance of solute concentrations found in the body, which may be altered by temperature and water loss. The importance of temperature in organisms…
- Taste aversion training can educate free-ranging crocodiles against toxic invaders.
Ward-Fear G, Bruny M, Rangers TB et al. · Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024-08 · open access
Apex predators play critical ecological roles, making their conservation a high priority. In tropical Australia, some populations of freshwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus johnstoni ) have plummeted by greater than 70% due to lethal ingestion of toxic invasive cane toads ( Rhinella marina ).…
- Cutaneous shedding in amphibians causes shifts in bacterial microbiomes.
Weitzman CL, Brown GP, Gibb K et al. · Integrative zoology · 2024-06 · open access
INTRODUCTION Animal skin has many functions, such as protection from the elements and playing a role in thermal balance, for example, through heat transfer in ectotherms or sweating in humans, alongside acting as a large sensory organ. Among tetrapods, amphibian skin plays an especially important…
- Broad-scale pesticide screening finds anticoagulant rodenticide and legacy pesticides in Australian frogs.
Rowley JJL, Symons A, Doyle C et al. · The Science of the total environment · 2024-04 · open access
- A biological invasion modifies the dynamics of a host-parasite arms race.
Brown GP, Shine R, Rollins LA · Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024-02 · open access
By imposing novel selection pressures on both participants, biological invasions can modify evolutionary 'arms races' between hosts and parasites. A spatially replicated cross-infection experiment reveals strong spatial divergence in the ability of lungworms ( Rhabdias pseudosphaerocephala ) to…
- Mechanisms, costs, and carry-over effects of cannibal-induced developmental plasticity in invasive cane toads.
Crossland MR, Shine R, DeVore JL · Ecology and evolution · 2024-02 · open access
Inducible defences can improve survival in variable environments by allowing individuals to produce defences if they detect predators. These defences are often expressed as inter-related developmental, morphological, and behavioural changes. However, producing defences can incur costs, which may be…
- Parasitic helminths of alien invasive anurans in Butuan City, Northeastern Mindanao, Philippines.
Torralba CV, Gamalinda EF, Estaño LA · Helminthologia · 2023-12 · open access
- The reduction in arterial pH with increased temperature is not affected by hyperoxia in toads (Rhinella marina) and pythons (Python molurus).
Castro SA, Leite CAC, Wang T · The Journal of experimental biology · 2023-12
- A Comprehensive Update on Helminth Parasite Biodiversity and Richness in Peruvian Amphibians
Jhon Chero, Celso Cruces, Edson R. Cacique et al. · Diversity · 2023-11 · open access
This study aimed to comprehensively update and expand the knowledge on the diversity and richness of helminth parasites found in Peruvian amphibians. A systematic search was conducted across primary databases, encompassing both indexed and non-indexed articles, to compile the most recent data. As…
- Intraspecific interference retards growth and development of cane toad tadpoles, but those effects disappear by the time of metamorphosis.
Crossland MR, Shine R · Royal Society open science · 2023-11 · open access
Competition among larval anurans can occur via interference as well as via a reduction in per-capita food supply. Previous research on intraspecific interference competition in cane toad ( Rhinella marina ) tadpoles found conflicting results, with one study detecting strong effects on tadpoles and…
- Long term monitoring reveals the importance of large, long unburnt areas and smaller fires in moderating mammal declines in fire‐prone Savanna of northern Australia
Einoder LD, Fisher A, Hill BM et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology. · 2023-10
- Thimet oligopeptidase (THOP 1) distribution in cane toad (Bufo Marinus, Linnaeus, 1758) brain.
Cavalcanti DMLP, Teófilo TS, D Rodrigues T et al. · Journal of chemical neuroanatomy · 2023-09
- Levels of persistent organic pollutants in cane toads (Rhinella marina) differ among sites with varying industrial and agricultural activities.
Cruz-Santiago O, Flores-Ramírez R, Ilizaliturri-Hernández CA et al. · Environmental toxicology and pharmacology · 2023-09
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