Sonoran Desert Toad Bufo alvarius Arizona
Sonoran Desert Toad Bufo alvarius Sonoran Desert Arizona Commonly called Colorado River Toad One of the largest toads native to North America at 7 inches 18 cm Found in Central Arizona to southwestern New Mexico and Sinaloa Mexico Occurs in a variety of habitats including creosote bush desertscrub grasslands up into oakpine woodlands and thornscrub and tropical deciduous forest in Mexico Has extremely potent defensive toxins that are released from several glands in the skin Toxins have been used as hallucinogenic drugs
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