3 most dangerous invasive amphibians in the world

Bufo marinus (Photo: ryanphotographic)

1. Cane - Bufo marinus

Sugarcane toad is widely introduced into many countries around the world, used as a biological control agent for sugarcane pests. Currently, purple toad has become a predator in the places imported. Purple toad is very voracious and eats all kinds of creatures it finds. Purple toads also hunt and eat meat and compete for food, breeding places with native amphibians.

Common names: sugar cane toads, giant toads, sea toads

2. Carribe Frog - Eleutherodactylus coqui

Carrot Frog (Photo: envirowatch)

Carribean frogs are small, noisy, insectivorous frogs, native to Puerto Rico, where they breed and can live up to 20000 individuals per hectare. They adapt and grow in Hawaii and the Virgin Islands. In Hawaii, they are considered both as urban pests and potentially threatening native forest birds.

3. Leopard frog frog - Rana catesbeiana

Leopard frogs spread to many countries due to trade in aquatic products and ornamental fish. Leopard frogs are traffickers and are often raised for meat in many countries around the world. The main problem is that in nature they are highly adaptable, competitive and eat indigenous reptiles.

(Species that are not on the list do not mean less dangerous)