Toxic toad evolves?

[Txn]

erowid.org is a great site for information on drugs especially as they
relate to plants and animals check here for bufotenine infor which also
includes a link to information on the toads:
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/bufotenin/bufotenin.shtml
hopefully that's helpful
-Benomi

Frederick W. Schueler wrote:

>Ken Kinman wrote:
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>>Well, it seems that B. alvarius is the most potent known toad (psychoactively).  But apparently other anurans are as well (although less potent), including various species of Bufo (other), Hyla, Rana, and Leptodactylus.
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoactive_toad
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>* in 1974 I mistakenly drank some tea-coloured water into which I'd been
>dipping Bufo americanus skins (from the James Bay area of Quebec) as I
>prepared them for pressing (see Schueler, Frederick W.  1981.
>Preserving anuran skins by drying. Herpetological Review 12:10-11). This
>precipitated tachycardia, but no hallucinations. The toads had been
>killed in dilute alcohol, and hadn't extruded much if any venom from
>their parotoid glads, but the glands had been sqeezed somewhat as I
>removed them from the carcase.
>
>for what it's worth,
>
>fred.
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