Facts about Colorado River Toads
The Colorado River Toad is also known as the Sonoran Desert Toad. This toad's poison and skin contain "5-MeO-DMT" and bufotenin. These substances when smoked produce psychoactive affects. The toad's primary defense system is glands that produce a poison that is potent enough to kill a full grown dog. It is found in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a psychoactive toad. This means one can get psychoactive affects by smoking the substances in the venom of this toad. It is carnivorous, eating small rodents, insects, and small reptiles and other toad species. Just like many toads, they have a long, sticky tongue which aids them in catching prey. The Colorado River Toad lives in both desert and semi-arid areas throughout the range of its habitat. Colorado River toads have dark olive green color and leathery skin. They are 110-187mm in length. Toads have enlarged glands (called the paratoid glands) on the side of the neck, one behind each eye. These glands secrete a viscous white poison that gets smeared in the mouth of any would-be predator, inflaming the mouth and throat and causing nausea, irregular heart beat, and, in extreme cases, death. It is carniverous and is known to eat snails, beetles, spiders, grasshoppers, lizards, mice, and other smaller toad species. Its long sticky tongue helps it in catching prey. Their breeding period ranges from May to July. These toads are semi-aquatic and are often found in streams, near springs, and in canals and drainage ditches. They often make their home in rodent burrows. The Colorado River toads are nocturnal. Scientific name of this toad is Bufo alvarius. |
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