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Cururu Toad (Rhinella diptycha)
Photo: Evaldo Resende (CC BY-SA)
🐸 Native species of the Iberá

Cururu Toad

Rhinella diptycha

The giant toad of South America: it can top twenty centimetres. Its deep call sounds like a distant engine in the night.

Impossible to confuse: an enormous toad with warty skin and large glands behind the eyes. Those glands produce a chemical defence that deters almost any predator, so it strolls around at night in total calm.

Behaviour

Nocturnal and unhurried. An opportunist that works the street lights of villages and lodges: it sits under the lamp waiting for fallen insects.

How and when to see it

Spring and summer nights. Check under the street lights of Colonia Carlos Pellegrini and the lodges: there is almost always one on duty.

Where to see it in the Iberá

The gateways of the Great Iberá Park where cururu toad has confirmed presence:

Tours to see it

Verified providers operating at the gateways where cururu toad lives. You contact them directly on WhatsApp from the app.

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