will a 9" marine toad eat a 4 1/2" cane toad

[canheaton]

hello
this is my first time posting.

I just got a 9" surinam marine toad today. he is so amazing! right now i have him in with my 2 cane toads 4 1/2" and 5". will he try to eat the cane toads? if he did would this poison him? he is sooooo much bigger then my cane toads. should i just set him up with his oun tank?

[kueluck]

They are both highly toxic and should NOT be housed together.

[GrifTheGreat]

They are both highly toxic and should NOT be housed together.

I second this post. Keeping those two species together is a disaster waiting to happen. They will poison each other even if they touch not to mention when sharing a water source and yes your Marine toad may try to eat the smaller Cane toads. Seperate. Them imediately.

[JimO]

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that Marine Toad and Cane Toad were both names for the same species (Bufo marinus). Even so, they are aggressive feeders and could be cannibalistic, so I concur with those above and recommend keeping them in separate enclosures.

Edit: I just checked and the genus has been changed, so it should be Rhinella marina, but Marine toad and Cane toad are both common names for this species.

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/a...canetoad.shtml

[kueluck]

JimO, you're correct on both ponits, they are the same, I was thinking Colorado River toad. / and yes it does consume toads and frogs so separated they must be.

[GrifTheGreat]

JimO, you're correct on both ponits, they are the same, I was thinking Colorado River toad. / and yes it does consume toads and frogs so separated they must be.

Me too. I was confused.. Non the less the larger toad will try to eat the little ones.