Animal Species:
Cane Toad
Scientific Name:
Bufo Marinus
Type:
Amphibian
Diet:
Omnivore
Average life span in the wild:
5 to 10 years
Size:
4 to 6 in (10 to
15 cm)
Weight:
2.9 lbs (1.3 kg)
Group name:
Knot or nest
Similar Species:
Eastern Pobblebonk Frog, Giant Burrowing Frog
Habitat:
Cane Toads can be found in a range of different habitats, which include sand dunes, coastal health, margins of rainforests and mangroves. They are most abundant in open clearing in urban areas, as well as grassland and woodland. By looking around places with vegetation habitat (closed scrub, grassland, low open forest, low shrubland, open forest, open woodland and woodland) you are able to narrow down the hunt for this species.
Diet:
Cane Toads almost anything they are capable of swallowing. They have been known to eat pet food, carrion and household scraps, however, most of their food is living insects. Beetles, honey bees, ants, winged termites, crickets and bugs are eaten in abundance. On some occasions Cane Toads eat marine snails, smaller toads and native frogs, small snakes, and small mammals. The tadpoles of Cane Toads eat algae and other aquatic plants. Larger tadpoles often eat Cane Toad eggs also.
Source: Abc.net.au. 2013. cane toad - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). [online] Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-01/australians-wage-war-against-toads/4663326 [Accessed: 6 Sep 2013].
Cane Toad
Scientific Name:
Bufo Marinus
Type:
Amphibian
Diet:
Omnivore
Average life span in the wild:
5 to 10 years
Size:
4 to 6 in (10 to
15 cm)
Weight:
2.9 lbs (1.3 kg)
Group name:
Knot or nest
Similar Species:
Eastern Pobblebonk Frog, Giant Burrowing Frog
Habitat:
Cane Toads can be found in a range of different habitats, which include sand dunes, coastal health, margins of rainforests and mangroves. They are most abundant in open clearing in urban areas, as well as grassland and woodland. By looking around places with vegetation habitat (closed scrub, grassland, low open forest, low shrubland, open forest, open woodland and woodland) you are able to narrow down the hunt for this species.
Diet:
Cane Toads almost anything they are capable of swallowing. They have been known to eat pet food, carrion and household scraps, however, most of their food is living insects. Beetles, honey bees, ants, winged termites, crickets and bugs are eaten in abundance. On some occasions Cane Toads eat marine snails, smaller toads and native frogs, small snakes, and small mammals. The tadpoles of Cane Toads eat algae and other aquatic plants. Larger tadpoles often eat Cane Toad eggs also.
Source: Abc.net.au. 2013. cane toad - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). [online] Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-01/australians-wage-war-against-toads/4663326 [Accessed: 6 Sep 2013].