The parotoid gland (alternatively, paratoid gland) is an external skin gland on the back, neck, and shoulder of some frogs (especially toads), and salamanders...

characterized by dry, leathery skin, short legs, and large bumps covering the parotoid glands. A distinction between frogs and toads is not made in scientific taxonomy...

yellowish, red-brown, or olive-brown, with varying patterns. A large parotoid gland lies behind each eye. The ventral surface is cream-coloured and may...

species have very large parotoid glands, which cover the entire top of their heads and droop over their tympana. The parotoid gland of the green tree frog...

the large golden eye with horizontal pupil is a bulging kidney-shaped parotoid gland. Below this is a large circular pale green area which is the tympanum...

(those of the family Bufonidae) by having eyes with vertical pupils, no parotoid gland, and relatively smooth skin. Their most distinctive feature is a spade-like...

most notably Incilius alvarius, that secrete bufotoxins from their parotoid glands. Bufotenin is similar in chemical structure to the psychedelics psilocin...

loss, Anaxyrus sp. being an example. The venomous secretion from its parotoid gland also includes hygroscopic glycosaminoglycans. When the toad wipes this...

substituted tryptamines of which some are toxic. They occur in the parotoid glands, skin, and poison of many toads (Bufonidae family) and other amphibians...

on Australian ecosystems is through poisoning of native species. The parotoid gland on either side of the head of a cane toad produces a secretion containing...

They differ from true toads because they have vertical pupils and no parotoid gland. The American spadefoot toads are terrestrial when not underground....

males likely to be of a similar order. The main substance found in the parotoid gland and skin of the common toad is called bufotoxin. It was first isolated...

bodies. Also eastern American toads have parotoid glands that are the same color as the surrounding skin. The glands don't usually have any patterning on...

is large, almost the size of the eye, and partially obscured by the parotoid gland. Magnificent tree frogs are native to the Kimberley region of Western...

olfactory characterization of odorous compounds and their precursors in the parotoid gland secretion of the green tree frog, Litoria caerulea". Journal of Chemical...

When attacked, adults and juveniles lower their heads to expose their parotoid glands which exude a noxious secretion. This salamander is an opportunistic...

believed by some [who?] to slow the spread of cancerous cells. The parotoid gland of toads of the Bufo genus secrete a venom, which is dried and dissolved...

Behind their eyes, Bufo species have wart-like structures, the parotoid glands. These glands distinguish the true toads from all other tailless amphibians...

a visible parotoid glands. This salamander can be poisonous to its predators because of the excretion of a white poison through its glands when threatened...

crests, excluding the thicker supratympanic crest. The reddish colored parotoid gland is smooth and globular. Limbs are shortened and feature fleshy hands...

Shikoku and Honshū. All species are lungless with moderately developed parotoid glands. They inhabit moist, forested mountains near small rivers, streams...

skin and a rounder tail than C. pyrrhogaster, and has less obvious parotoid glands. C. orientalis is endemic to subtropical forests in East-Central China...

areas with high metal contamination. Adult In Florida Note the large parotoid gland IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2021). "Anaxyrus terrestris". IUCN...

prominent cranial crests in front of and in between the eyes. The parotoid glands are long and large. The dorsal surface of this toad is grayish-brown...

with its use. HuaChanSu, traditional Chinese medicine derived from the parotoid gland secretion of toads of the genus Bufo. Medical cannabis (for "appetite...

parotoid glands on the back of their heads. These glands contain an alkaloid poison which the toads excrete when stressed. The poison in the glands contains...

exclusively produced and secreted by the fire salamander through their parotoid glands (20 mg/gland). Samandarin is the main component of these poisons, although...

dusky gray or greenish dorsally with skin glands concentrated within the dark blotches. Its parotoid glands are oval, widely separated, and larger than...

poison glands, the parotoid glands, located on the sides of their heads behind the eyes and other glands elsewhere on their bodies. These glands secrete...

a number of toad species. Bufotalin can be extracted from the skin parotoid glands of several types of toad. Rhinella marina (Cane toad), Rhaebo guttatus...