Video Courtesy: Queensland Government via Storyful
Queensland, Australia (WCIA) – Queensland, Australia government officials have shared a video of what may be the largest frog in recorded history.
The Queensland Government said rangers were carrying out roadworks in Conway National Park near Airlie Beach when they found the giant reptile. When the ranger got out of the vehicle and looked down, the department said he “gasped” when he saw the large reed bud.
“We nicknamed him Toadzilla and quickly put him in a container to get him out of the wild,” the ranger said.
They added that “a cane toad of this size will eat anything it can fit in its mouth, including insects, reptiles and small mammals.”
Weighing in at 2.7 kilograms, or less than 6 pounds, they believe the frog could be a new record. Rangers said they thought the frog was a female because they grow larger than the males.
Cane frogs can live up to 15 years in the wild, and depending on their size, they may have lived for quite some time.
Introduced in 1935 to control the cane beetle in Queensland, the Queensland Government explained that cane toads can be deadly poisonous and have caused the extinction of some of its predators.
Cane toads also compete with native species for food and resources and are recognized by the Commonwealth Government as a major threat to the nation under national regime. Biodiversity and Environment Protection Act 1999.
The Queensland Government said Toadzilla had been removed from the wild and humanely euthanised, and the Queensland Museum was “interested in taking it away as it may be the largest on record”.
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