Colorado River Toad

A five-year-old boy from Arizona, USA, fond of kissing animals, even mouthing toads, got intoxicated recenly by doing just that. His lips burned and he salivated profusely. Medical findings showed that a toxin from frog, called Bufo alvarius, got into him, went straight to his central nervous system, causing partial paralysis. As a result, the boy had slurred speech and seizures.

This incident became the first medical case history of a person being poisoned by a toad, though the toad toxin is nothing new. South American Indians have long dipped their arrows into this toxin to make them poisonous.

German violinist also used to handle these toads before a performance because their toxins reduce the sweat on their palms.

Colorado River Toad

The Colorado River Toad or Bufo alvarius, also known as the Sonoran Desert Toad, is apsychoactive toad found in the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The skin andvenom of Bufo alvarius contain 5-MeO-DMT and bufotenin.

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