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Descriptor English: Bufo marinus
Descriptor Spanish: Bufo marinus
Descriptor Bufo marinus
Entry term(s) Rhinella marina
sapo gigante
sapo marino
Scope note: Especie de sapos verdaderos, Bufonidae, que cada vez son más comunes en la parte sur de los Estados Unidos y son casi pantropicales. Las secreciones de las glándulas de la piel de esta especie son muy tóxicas para los animales.
Descriptor Portuguese: Bufo marinus
Descriptor French: Bufo marinus
Entry term(s): Giant Toad
Giant Toads
Marine Toad
Marine Toads
Rhinella marina
Toad, Giant
Toad, Marine
Toads, Giant
Toads, Marine
Tree number(s): B01.050.150.900.090.180.210.580
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002024
Scope note: A species of the true toads, Bufonidae, becoming fairly common in the southern United States and almost pantropical. The secretions from the skin glands of this species are very toxic to animals.
Annotation: NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification
EM embryology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IN injuries
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
SU surgery
UR urine
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Anura (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72
DeCS ID: 2053
Unique ID: D002024
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28
Bufo marinus - Preferred
Concept UI M0003012
Scope note A species of the true toads, Bufonidae, becoming fairly common in the southern United States and almost pantropical. The secretions from the skin glands of this species are very toxic to animals.
Preferred term Bufo marinus
Entry term(s) Giant Toad
Giant Toads
Marine Toad
Marine Toads
Rhinella marina
Toad, Giant
Toad, Marine
Toads, Giant
Toads, Marine



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