Cane toads, properly known as bufo marinus, are the most notorious of what are called invasive species in Australia and beyond. From Wordnik.com. [Mongabay.com News] Reference
KING: OK, let's meet before we depart from this segment, a bufo frog. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005] Reference
The Italians say bufo magro — a meagre buffoon, to express a poor jester who cannot make you laugh. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
They derived the genus name from the Greek word for devil (Beelzebub) and the Latin word for toad (bufo). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
ZARRELLA: Like the bufo toad that excretes a poison that can kill a dog, and this fearless night nole (ph). From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2009] Reference
And what this South American bufo marine toad does is that when he feels under threat, he bloats himself up with air. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 26, 2005] Reference
An important number of endemic amphibian and reptile species appear in high mountain lakes, meadows, and rocky areas including Lacerta monticola cyreni, Salamandra salamandra almanzorensis, and bufo bufo gredosicola. From Wordnik.com. [Iberian conifer forests] Reference
There are a number of endemic subspecies found in this ecoregion including the Gredos ibex (Capra pyrenaica victoriae) and a number of herpetofauna species, Lacerta monticola cyreni, Salamandra salamandra almanzorensis, and bufo bufo gredosicola. From Wordnik.com. [Iberian conifer forests] Reference
bufo bufo population at San Ruffino Lake, some 74km from the epicentre of the event. From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
LONDON -- Scientists may have a new ally in the struggle to predict deadly earthquakes -- bufo bufo, the common toad. From Wordnik.com. [Channel3000.com - Local News] Reference
The Texas toad, or bufo speciosus, is a medium-sized toad reaching lengths of more than 3 inches, according to information from the U.S. From Wordnik.com. [The Facts: News] Reference
The toad genus likewife aflforded me two new fpecies, the bufo 4eucogafter, andproteus: in the firft fpecies, indeed, the belly is of a fhining whitenefs, and the other exhibited a fingular variety of hues. From Wordnik.com. [Voyages and TRavels in All Parts of the World] Reference
The study revealed that the male common toad (bufo bufo) gave five days 'warning of the earthquake that hit the town of L'Aquila in central Italy on April 6, 2009, engulfing more than 300 people apart from displacing 40,000 others. From Wordnik.com. [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference
I remember, as a boy, finding a neighbor’s dog dead with a bufo toad in its mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Nervous Breakdown] Reference
“bufo magro,” who is never more happy than when sneering at what all the rest of the world deem most valuable and sacred. From Wordnik.com. [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference
A bufo marine toad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2001] Reference
HANNA: The bufo marine toad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2001] Reference
This is my bufo marine toad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 8, 2001] Reference
Very good: but frogs (rana temporaria) while amphibian, are not toads (bufo vulgaris. From Wordnik.com. [Media news, UK and world media comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Among the common amphibians and reptiles are: grey, green and Central Asian toads (bufo bufo, B. viridis, B. danatensis); lake, grass, Siberian, and black-spotted frogs (Rana ridibunda, R. temmporaria, R. Amurrensis, R. nigrimaculata); Pelobates fuscus, Bombina bombina; swamp turtle (Emys orbicularis), Caspian turtle (Mauremys caspica); grey, Caspian, and Turkestan gekkos (Cyrtopodion russowi, C. caspis, C. fedtschenkoi), swift lizard (Eremias velox), desert and Asian skinks (Ablepharus deserti, A. pannonicus), and among snakes, Natrix natrix, N. tessellata, Elaphe dione, echis (Echis multisquamatus) and gyurza (Vipera lebetina). From Wordnik.com. [Central Asian riparian woodlands] Reference
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