Latest cane toad research
Newest papers on Rhinella marina in the HerpAtlas research library, updated automatically.
- The behavioural ecology behind anti-predator mechanisms: diversity, ontogenetic changes and sexual differences in anuran defence behaviours
Lucas Ferrante, Thainá Najar, Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro et al. · Ethology Ecology & Evolution · 2021-09
- Lateralized motor behaviour in the righting responses of the cane toad ( Rhinella marina ).
Robins A, Rogers LJ · Laterality · 2021-09
- Discovery of Novel Viruses Associated With the Invasive Cane Toad ( Rhinella marina ) in Its Native and Introduced Ranges.
Russo AG, Harding EF, Yan GJH et al. · Frontiers in microbiology · 2021-09 · open access
Cane toads ( Rhinella marina ) are notoriously successful invaders: from 101 individuals brought to Australia in 1935, poisonous toads now cover an area >1.2 million km 2 with adverse effects on native fauna. Despite extensive research on the role of macroparasites in cane toad invasion, viral…
- Cane toad (Rhinella marina) vitamin A, vitamin E, and carotenoid kinetics.
Freel T, Koutsos E, Minter LJ et al. · Zoo biology · 2021-08
- A brief history of the northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus): a systematic review
Harry A. Moore, Judy Dunlop, Chris James Jolly et al. · Australian Mammalogy · 2021-08 · open access
- Transposable elements expression in Rhinella marina (cane toad) specimens submitted to immune and stress challenge.
Ludwig A, Schemberger MO, Gazolla CB et al. · Genetica · 2021-08
- Native range climate is insufficient to predict anuran invasive potential
Sales LP, Rebouças R, Toledo LF · Biological invasions · 2021-08
- The evolution of targeted cannibalism and cannibal-induced defenses in invasive populations of cane toads.
DeVore JL, Crossland MR, Shine R et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021-08
- Effects of learning and adaptation on population viability
Indigo NL, Jolly CJ, Kelly E et al. · Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2021-08
- Novel habitat associations and seasonality in threatened Mitchell’s water monitors (Varanus mitchelli): Implications for conservation
de Laive A, Schembri B, Jolly CJ · Austral Ecology. · 2021-08
- An Efficient Method for the Euthanasia of Cane Toads ( Rhinella marina ) under Northern Australian Field Conditions.
Kay WR, Mawson PR · Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021-07 · open access
The euthanasia of cane toads under field conditions presents a number of logistical and animal welfare challenges. One recommended method of control involves the use of carbon dioxide in plastic bags. This paper describes the minimum amount of time (4 h) required to efficiently euthanase toads with…
- Divergent long-term impacts of lethally toxic cane toads (Rhinella marina) on two species of apex predators (monitor lizards, Varanus spp.).
Pettit L, Crowther MS, Ward-Fear G et al. · PloS one · 2021-07 · open access
Biological invasions can massively disrupt ecosystems, but evolutionary and ecological adjustments may modify the magnitude of that impact through time. Such post-colonisation shifts can change priorities for management. We quantified the abundance of two species of giant monitor lizards, and of…
- Skin and poison glands in toads (Rhinella) and their role in defence and water balance
Pedro Luiz Mailho‐Fontana, Braz Titon, Marta Maria Antoniazzi et al. · Acta Zoologica · 2021-07 · open access
Abstract Toads are considered poisonous animals since they have a passive mode of defence relying on cutaneous poison glands, differently from venomous animals who can inject venom in predators/aggressors or prey. Toads of Rhinella marina group are generally large and have a broad distribution in…
- Host defense or parasite cue: Skin secretions mediate interactions between amphibians and their parasites.
Mayer M, Schlippe Justicia L, Shine R et al. · Ecology letters · 2021-06
- Evaluating the effects of the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina) on island biodiversity, focusing on the Philippines
Jeffrey A. Harvey, Priyanka Ambavane, Mark Williamson et al. · Pacific Conservation Biology · 2021-06
- Spatial ecology of cane toads (Rhinella marina) in their native range: a radiotelemetric study from French Guiana.
DeVore JL, Shine R, Ducatez S · Scientific reports · 2021-06 · open access
Like most invasive species, cane toads have attracted less research in their native range than in invaded areas. We radio-tracked 34 free-ranging toads in French Guiana, a source region for most invasive populations, across two coastal and two rainforest sites. Coastal toads generally sheltered in…
- Atypical Brucella inopinata-Like Species in 2 Marine Toads.
Glabman RA, Thompson KA, Mani R et al. · Emerging infectious diseases · 2021-06 · open access
Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by gram-negative, intracellular Brucella coccobacilli. Expanding from 6 species classically associated with abortion in mammals ( B. melitensis, B. suis, B. abortus, B. ovis, B. canis, and B. neotomae ), the genus now includes novel strains from marine…
- The Impact of Invasive Toads (Bufonidae) on Monitor Lizards (Varanidae): An Overview and Prospectus
Lachlan Pettit, Ruchira Somaweera, Shannon W. Kaiser et al. · The Quarterly Review of Biology · 2021-05
- Haemogregarine of Genus Dactylosoma (Adeleorina: Dactylosomatidae) in Species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Brazilian Amazon.
Coêlho TA, De Souza DC, da Costa Oliveira E et al. · Acta parasitologica · 2021-05
- A biological invasion impacts ecosystem services: cane toads change the rate of scavenging and the suite of scavengers
Lachlan Pettit, Georgia Ward‐Fear, Richard Shine · Ecosphere · 2021-05 · open access
Abstract By affecting the abundance of key native species, invasive taxa may disrupt ecosystem services. In Australia, large monitor lizards (Varanus spp.) play critical roles as scavengers and apex predators. Our broadscale surveys (across two transects, 1300 and 2500 km) show that in tropical…
- Artificial light at night alters activity, body mass, and corticosterone level in a tropical anuran
Jean Secondi, Nathalie Mondy, Jérôme M. W. Gippet et al. · Behavioral Ecology · 2021-04
- Giant Toads (Rhinella marina) From the Industrial Zones of Low Basin of the Coatzacoalcos River (Veracruz, MX) Presents Genotoxicity in Erythrocytes.
Cruz-Santiago O, Castillo CG, Espinosa-Reyes G et al. · Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology · 2021-03
- First line of defence: Skin microbiota may protect anurans from infective larval lungworms.
Christian K, Shine R, Day KA et al. · International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2021-03 · open access
- Gastrointestinal entamoebiasis in captive anurans in North America.
Weisbrod TC, Jeon AB, Childress A et al. · Diseases of aquatic organisms · 2021-02
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- No outbreeding depression in a trial of targeted gene flow in an endangered Australian marsupial
Kelly E, Jolly CJ, Indigo N et al. · Conserv Genet · 2021-02
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