Australian park rangers say 'Toadzilla' could be world's biggest toad

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SYDNEY — Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-breaking giant toad deep in a rainforest. Dubbed 'Toadzilla', the cane toad, an invasive species that poses a threat to Australia's ecosystem, was spotted by 'shocked' park ranger Kylee Gray during a patrol in Conway National Park in Queensland state on Jan 12. Gray and her colleagues caught the...

A handout photo. Cane toad dubbed "Toadzilla" and believed by Australian park rangers to be the world's biggest toad is held by Queensland Department of Environment and Science Ranger Kylee Gray, in Conway National Park, Queensland, Australia, on Jan 12, 2023.SYDNEY — Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-breaking giant toad deep in a rainforest.

Gray and her colleagues caught the animal and brought it back to their office, where it weighed in at a 2.7 kg ."We considered naming her Connie after Conway National Park but Toadzilla was the one that just kept getting thrown out there, so that kind of stuck," Gray told state broadcaster ABC on Friday .

 

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