Is 'Toadzilla' a sign of enormous cane toads to come? It's possible – toads grow as large as their environment allows

  • Written by: Lin Schwarzkopf, Professor in Zoology, James Cook University
Is 'Toadzilla' a sign of enormous cane toads to come? It's possible – toads grow as large as their environment allowsShutterstock

Last week, the world met “Toadzilla”, a cane toad the size of a football and six times larger than average. The rangers who found her – female toads are bigger than male – were stunned. Weighing in at 2.7 kilograms, Toadzilla may be the largest cane toad ever recorded.

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