Cane Toad Research Paper
Cane toads can adapt so well to Australia's climate that these amphibian pests may eventually spread around three-quarters of the country's coastline, biologists predict.
They says that the cane toad, a poisonous species introduced to northeastern Australia 72 years ago to control sugar-cane pests, may be able to move away from its traditional tropical and sub-tropical home and adapt to drier conditions.
So, if the researchers' predictions are correct, the toads could one day breed in large areas of Western Australia, South Australia and western Victoria, and in several pockets along the New South Wales coast.
An international team of scientists publish their predictions today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a journal of the UK's
They says that the cane toad, a poisonous species introduced to northeastern Australia 72 years ago to control sugar-cane pests, may be able to move away from its traditional tropical and sub-tropical home and adapt to drier conditions.
So, if the researchers' predictions are correct, the toads could one day breed in large areas of Western Australia, South Australia and western Victoria, and in several pockets along the New South Wales coast.
An international team of scientists publish their predictions today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, a journal of the UK's