Colorado River toad
Species of amphibian
Colorado River toad
The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), (previously Bufo alvarius) also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is well known for its ability to exude toxins that have psychoactive properties from glands within its skin. The toad's scientific name was formerly Bufo alvarius, the name by which the toad is generally still known. In the early 2000s, the increasingly important role of molecular genetic techniques in taxonomy and their ability to examine phylogenetic relationships allowed scientists to discover numerous distinct genera within the old Bufo group. The Colorado River toad's name was subsequently changed to Incilius alvarius.
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