<P> The cane toad ( Rhinella marina ) , also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad , is a large , terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America , but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean , as well as Northern Australia . It is the world 's largest toad . It is a member of the genus Rhinella , but was formerly in the genus Bufo , which includes many different true toad species found throughout Central and South America . The cane toad is a prolific breeder ; females lay single - clump spawns with thousands of eggs . Its reproductive success is partly because of opportunistic feeding : it has a diet , unusual among anurans , of both dead and living matter . Adults average 10 -- 15 cm ( 3.9 -- 5.9 in ) in length ; the largest recorded specimen had a snout - vent length of 24 cm ( 9.4 in ) . </P>
<P> The cane toad ( Rhinella marina ) , also known as the giant neotropical toad or marine toad , is a large , terrestrial true toad native to South and mainland Central America , but which has been introduced to various islands throughout Oceania and the Caribbean , as well as Northern Australia . It is the world 's largest toad . It is a member of the genus Rhinella , but was formerly in the genus Bufo , which includes many different true toad species found throughout Central and South America . The cane toad is a prolific breeder ; females lay single - clump spawns with thousands of eggs . Its reproductive success is partly because of opportunistic feeding : it has a diet , unusual among anurans , of both dead and living matter . Adults average 10 -- 15 cm ( 3.9 -- 5.9 in ) in length ; the largest recorded specimen had a snout - vent length of 24 cm ( 9.4 in ) . </P>
where does the cane toad originally come from
where does the cane toad originally come from
South and mainland Central America
South and mainland Central America