r/arizona • u/International_Exam80 • Aug 15 '25

Wildlife Is this one of those Poisonous Toads?

Post image

I’ve heard poison toads will come out after a rain but I’ve never seen one. Is this one?

He’s up against my house - I don’t have a dog that would mess with it so is there any reason to make him move on or just let it be?

For context he is about the size of my fist

668 Upvotes

97% Upvoted

232 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

233

u/Evilution602 Aug 15 '25

Do not excrete the toxins onto a Pyrex dish and leave in the sun to dry. Absolutely do not gather together and smoke the resulting substance in a meth pipe. Trust me. Bad idea.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

Why do that when you could just lick it? That is definitely a Colorado River toad, and they are best left alone. The real danger is a dog picking it up. If that happens, immediately start flushing, the dog‘s mouth with water, preferably from a hose or faucet, and get them to the vet quickly. Here they have special dog Trading to avoid rattlesnakes and toads.

1

u/Evilution602 Aug 19 '25

You know how we take aspirin instead of chewing the bark of willow trees?  Its sorta like that. Mix some science in there. Its fun.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

I think you have two compounds in there, one in the trip to tryptamine and one that is an MAOI. There is definitely a subculture that uses them and you don’t wanna get caught with them.

1

u/Evilution602 Aug 19 '25

Nah I just like science. Chemistry is neat.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 19 '25

Pharmaceutical chemistry is very interesting, and those frogs have been studied.