Latest cane toad research
Newest papers on Rhinella marina in the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically.
- virToad: simulating the spatiotemporal population dynamics and management of a global invader
Arman N. Pili, Reid Tingley, David G. Chapple et al. · Landscape Ecology · 2022-07 · open access
Abstract Context The cane toad (Rhinella marina) is one of the most globally significant and well-studied invasive alien species, and the detrimental impacts of its invasions warrant the design and application of decision support tools. While many models have been developed for guiding policies…
- Untangling interactions between Bitis vipers and their prey using coagulotoxicity against diverse vertebrate plasmas.
Youngman NJ, Llinas J, Haworth M et al. · Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2022-06
- Fluctuating asymmetry and oxidative stress indicate environmental stress of Cane toads Rhinella marina
Yurixhi Maldonado‐López, Icauri Sofia Prieto-Dueñas, Yunuen Tapia‐Torres et al. · Zoologischer Anzeiger · 2022-06 · open access
- Australian Frog Atlas: species’ distribution maps informed by the FrogID dataset
Timothy P. Cutajar, Christopher D. Portway, Grace L. Gillard et al. · Technical Reports of the Australian Museum online · 2022-06 · open access
We use data from the citizen science project FrogID, comprised of expert-validated, spatially accurate occurrence records of frog species across Australia, to map the known distributions of Australia’s frogs. We combined over half a million occurrence records of 209 species from the FrogID dataset…
- Sex-based differences in the use of post-fire habitats by invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina).
Kaiser SW, Greenlees MJ, Shine R · Scientific reports · 2022-06 · open access
Wildfires can modify habitat attributes, and those changes may differentially affect males versus females within a species if there is pre-existing niche divergence between the sexes. We used radio-tracking and dissections to study invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina), and performed transect…
- Three synthetic biology applications and their paths to impact in Australia: Cane toads, bacteriophages, and biomining microbes.
Carter L, Mankad A, Hobman EV et al. · Biotechnology journal · 2022-06 · open access
- Research priorities for the ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
Viki A. Cramer, Kyle N. Armstrong, Robert D. Bullen et al. · Australian Mammalogy · 2022-06
- Taking the bait: Developing a bait delivery system to target free-ranging crocodiles and varanid lizards with a novel conservation strategy.
Aiyer A, Bunuba Rangers, Bell T et al. · Ecology and evolution · 2022-06 · open access
In tropical Australia, conditioned taste aversion (CTA) can buffer vulnerable native predators from the invasion of a toxic prey species (cane toads, Rhinella marina ). Thus, we need to develop methods to deploy aversion-inducing baits in the field, in ways that maximize uptake by vulnerable…
- Drymarchon corais (Colubridae) and Caiman crocodilus (Alligatoridae) use different feeding behaviors to consume poisonous toads
Oda FH, Signorelli L, de Souza FC et al. · Biotropica. · 2022-05
- No evidence for cold-adapted life-history traits in cool-climate populations of invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina).
Wijethunga U, Greenlees M, Elphick M et al. · PloS one · 2022-04 · open access
As an invasive organism spreads into a novel environment, it may encounter strong selective pressures to adapt to abiotic and biotic challenges. We examined the effect of water temperature during larval life on rates of survival and growth of the early life-history stages of cane toads (Rhinella…
- In an arms race between host and parasite, a lungworm's ability to infect a toad is determined by host susceptibility not parasite preference.
Eyck HJF, Brown GP, Rollins LA et al. · Biology letters · 2022-03
- Natural cururu toad (Rhinella sp.) poisoning in a free-ranging lesser grison (Galictis cuja): Outcomes in a new susceptible predator with a novel peptide description.
Oliveira AR, Magalhães MTQ, Oliveira Dos Santos D et al. · Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology · 2022-02
- Choosy cannibals: Targeted consumption of conspecific hatchlings by larval cane toads is triggered by species-specific defensive toxins.
Crossland MR, Shine R, DeVore JL · Ecology and evolution · 2022-02 · open access
In many species, cannibalism is uncommon and involves nonselective consumption of conspecifics as well as heterospecifics. However, within their invasive Australian range, cane toad larvae ( Rhinella marina ) specifically target and voraciously consume the eggs and hatchlings of conspecifics, often…
- Competition between the tadpoles of Japanese toads versus frogs.
Haramura T, Eto K, Crossland MR et al. · Scientific reports · 2022-01 · open access
Competition within and among species can play a key role in structuring the assemblages of anuran tadpoles. Previous studies have reported that tadpoles of the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina) are more strongly disadvantaged by the presence of native frog tadpoles than by the same number of…
- Long distance homing in the cane toad (Rhinella marina) in its native range.
Shaykevich DA, Pašukonis A, O'Connell LA · The Journal of experimental biology · 2022-01 · open access
INTRODUCTION Many animals navigate for foraging, migration or reproduction, from tiny ants to huge whales. Long distance navigation has been extensively studied in various species, such as sea turtles and migratory birds, offering dramatic examples of large-scale movement. Such studies have been…
- Shifts in the foraging tactics of crocodiles following invasion by toxic prey.
Aiyer A, Shine R, Somaweera R et al. · Scientific reports · 2022-01 · open access
Biological invasions can modify the behaviour of vulnerable native species in subtle ways. For example, native predators may learn or evolve to reduce foraging in conditions (habitats, times of day) that expose them to a toxic invasive species. In tropical Australia, freshwater crocodiles…
- Wildfires modify the parasite loads of invasive cane toads.
Kaiser SW, Greenlees MJ, Greenlees MJ et al. · Biology letters · 2021-12 · open access
The frequency and severity of wildfires are increasing due to anthropogenic modifications to habitats and to climate. Post-fire landscapes may advantage invasive species via multiple mechanisms, including changes to host-parasite interactions. We surveyed the incidence of endoparasitic lungworms (…
- Phototransduction in Anuran Green Rods: Origins of Extra-Sensitivity.
Astakhova LA, Novoselov AD, Ermolaeva ME et al. · International journal of molecular sciences · 2021-12 · open access
Green rods (GRs) represent a unique type of photoreceptor to be found in the retinas of anuran amphibians. These cells harbor a cone-specific blue-sensitive visual pigment but exhibit morphology of the outer segment typical for classic red rods (RRs), which makes them a perspective model object for…
- Increased rates of dispersal of free-ranging cane toads (Rhinella marina) during their global invasion.
Shine R, Alford RA, Blennerhasset R et al. · Scientific reports · 2021-12 · open access
Invasions often accelerate through time, as dispersal-enhancing traits accumulate at the expanding range edge. How does the dispersal behaviour of individual organisms shift to increase rates of population spread? We collate data from 44 radio-tracking studies (in total, of 650 animals) of cane…
- Larvicidal activity of the skin secretion ofRhinella marina and Rhaebo guttatus (Anura: Bufonidae) against the Brazilian malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae).
Tropical biomedicine · 2021-12
- URINARY CORTICOSTERONE CONCENTRATIONS IN FREE-RANGING AND MANAGED CANE TOADS ( RHINELLA MARINA ).
Freel T, Koutsos E, Minter LJ et al. · Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians · 2021-12
- Research on helminths from Mexican amphibians: gaps, trends, and biases.
Cabrera-Guzmán E, Papeş M, García-Prieto L · Journal of helminthology · 2021-11 · open access
- Pseudogenized Amelogenin Reveals Early Tooth Loss in True Toads (Anura: Bufonidae).
Shaheen J, Mudd AB, Diekwisch TGH et al. · Integrative and comparative biology · 2021-11
- An invasion in slow motion: the spread of invasive cane toads (Rhinella marina) into cooler climates in southern Australia
Macgregor LF, Greenlees M, de Bruyn M et al. · Biological invasions · 2021-11
- Impacts of invasive cane toads on an Endangered marsupial predator and its prey
JS Doody, Colin R. McHenry, D Rhind et al. · Endangered Species Research · 2021-09 · open access
Recent research has revealed that impacts of some invasive species are chronic. Invasive cane toads Rhinella marina have apparently caused rapid and severe population-level declines of the Endangered northern quoll Dasyurus hallucatus across tropical Australia; however, more targeted, quantitative…
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