'Toadzilla': Australian park rangers discover record-breaking cane toad
Australian park rangers believe they have stumbled upon a record-breaking giant toad deep in a Queensland rainforest, dubbing it "Toadzilla."
In the wild rainforest of Australia’s north, park rangers have stumbled upon a predator so large they felt they had no choice but to dub it Toadzilla.
The giant cane toad was discovered Jan. 12 by rangers who were conducting track work in Conway National Park in the state of Queensland.
A snake slithering across the track beside the Conway Circuit serendipitously forced the team to stop their vehicle, Ranger Kylee Gray recounted, leading her to step out, look down and gasp when she spotted the toad.
“I reached down and grabbed the cane toad and couldn’t believe how big and heavy it was,” she said in a statement from the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
“We believe it’s a female due to the size, and female cane toads do grow bigger than males,” Gray added.
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