Marine toad is the second largest in size after the Blomberg toad. The color is not bright-dark brown or light gray with large dark spots. Females are much larger than males.

Social behavior

Like all toads, marine toad prefers to spend  days in shelters, going out to hunt at dusk. The lifestyle is mostly solitary. It moves in short, fast jumps. Taking a defensive position, it inflates.

Reproduction

The female lays 4-35 thousand eggs in one season. Care for fertilized and laid eggs is not shown. Incubation lasts 2-7 days. Both eggs and marine toad are poisonous to most animals and to humans. After metamorphosis, this feature disappears until the development of the parotid glands.

Species and people

These toads were bred to exterminate insect pests on sugar cane and sweet potato plantations, as a result of which they spread widely outside their natural range and turned into pests themselves, poisoning local predators.

Interesting Facts

Marine toad poison affects on heart and nervous system, causes excessive salivation, convulsions, vomiting, arrhythmia, increased blood pressure.