Adult Cane Toad (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Adult Cane Toad

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Skin and glandular secretions from the cane toad, Rhinella marinus, have long been used by practitioners of traditional medicine to cure a wide range of ills. Researchers have now compiled a list of all of the chemicals known from the amphibian family Bufonidae, which it is one of the most common members of.

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Brian Gratwicke

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