Tough and always moving into new areas, the cane toads started reproducing and expanding outwards every wet season. The entire continent, full of various frog species, had no toads. The first cane toads were brought into Queensland by Reginald Mungomery, an entomologist. The insects were native to Australia, but bad for the valuable cane crops. Nearly 80 years ago, a group of 102 cane toads were sent to Queensland to catch sugar beetles.Ĭane-growers were concerned about the damage insect larvae were doing to crops. However, they have been introduced to Oceania and the Caribbean. They live in Central America and South America. This means that they only go back to the water to lay their eggs. They are also known as the giant neotropical toad and the marine toad.Ĭane toads are terrestrial amphibians. The cane toad ( Bufo marinus) is a species of toad. Distribution of the cane toad, native distribution in blue, introduced in red
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