The Amazonian toad Rhaebo guttatus is able to voluntarily squirt poison from the paratoid macroglands

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 546-549

  Jared, Carlos ^a   Maria Antoniazzi, Marta ^a   Kruth Verdade, Vanessa ^b   Felipe Toledo, Luís ^c   Trefaut Rodrigues, Miguel ^d  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Bufonidae; defence; granular glands; poison glands

Indexed keywords

DEFENSE MECHANISM; TOAD; TOXIN; VENOM;

AMAZONIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 84855616279     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853811X603724     Document Type: Article

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