Colorado River toad

Colorado River toad
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Incilius
Species:	I. alvarius
Binomial name
	Incilius alvarius; (Girard, 1859)
Synonyms
	Bufo alvarius Girard in Baird, 1859 ; Phrynoidis alvarius – Cope, 1862 ; Cranopsis alvaria – Frost et al., 2006 ; Ollotis alvaria – Frost et al., 2006 ;

The Colorado River toad (Incilius 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 from glands within its skin that have psychoactive properties.

^ Geoffrey Hammerson, Georgina Santos-Barrera. (2004). "Incilius alvarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54567A11152901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54567A11152901.en. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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[IUCN-1] Geoffrey Hammerson, Georgina Santos-Barrera. (2004). "Incilius alvarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T54567A11152901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T54567A11152901.en. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

[2] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 6 May 2022.

[Frost-3] Cite error: The named reference Frost was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Colorado River toad


Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Secure (NatureServe)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Bufonidae
Genus:	Incilius
Species:	I. alvarius
Binomial name
*Incilius alvarius* (Girard, 1859)

Synonyms^[3]
Bufo alvarius Girard in Baird, 1859 Phrynoidis alvarius – Cope, 1862 Cranopsis alvaria – Frost et al., 2006 Ollotis alvaria – Frost et al., 2006