Giant Toad
Bufo (Rhinella) horribilis
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- R. marina – Brisbane, AU – photo from iNaturalist, Steve Kerr
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Bufo (Rhinella) horribilis occurs extreme in southern Texas only in Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Starr, Webb, Willacy and Zapata counties.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bufo (Rhinella) horribilis (Wiegmann – 1833)
Genus: Bufo, Latin = toad – toads have been known as bufo since ancient times
Genus 2: Rhinella– Latin = rough skinned
Species: horribilis, Latin = dreadful
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jaeger 1962