Rhinella proboscidea is a species of small South American toad in the family Bufonidae, common in the Amazon rainforest.

[2] The specific name derives from the Latin proboscis (elephant trunk), in recognition of the toad's prominent beak.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and intermittent freshwater marshes.

[3] The skin is highly toxic,[11] but predation by a snake (Xenoxybelis argenteus) has nonetheless been observed.

Males use their front and hind limbs to squeeze the sides of the corpse's belly until oocytes are ejected.

The researchers suggested that the necrophilia was a reproductive strategy, offsetting the fitness cost of the female's death.