Since then, the cane toads have spread rapidly, throughout eastern Queensland, down into New South Wales and west into Northern Territory. West Australia is preparing to defend against the invasion. Credits:Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed ...
Native to America, the cane toad (癞蛤蟆) was introduced to northern Queensland 70 years ago to control sugarcane beetles (甘蔗害虫). The toads failed in that duty but spread acrossQueenslandand into neighboring northern area. Now it calmly invades(侵略)the states of Western Australia and New ...
in order to control beetles that were infesting sugar cane. Since then, cane toad populations have spread widely, and the toads, which secrete a toxin, disrupt the native ecology. In order to predict how cane toad populations will shift in response toenvironmental stressors, scientists...
that the general public really care about them, and so people watch out for the advancing toad invasion front. As a result, we have really detailed information – from postal surveys and so forth – to show exactly how fast the toads have spread through Australia, and where they have gone...
Island Translocation of the Northern Quoll Dasyurus hallucatus as a Conservation Response to the Spread of the Cane Toad Chaunus (bufo) marinus in the Northern Territory, Australia; Trust, N.H., Ed.; Australian Government: Canberra, Australia, 2008....
Since then, they’ve spread north, south and thousands of miles to the west, hitching rides on vehicles anddeveloping stronger, longer legsto hop across state borders, poisoning native fauna with their toxic glands as they go. Related articleToadzilla, a giant cane toad found in Australia, ma...