cane toads

Inside the Gordonvale garden gazebo, 1935. ‘Interior view of toad pond showing spray and growth of water hyacinth', Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists fifth congress, Brisbane, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 1935

The Gordonvale garden gazebo, 1935. ‘Exterior view of pond and cage constructed for the reception of a colony of the Giant Toad Bufo marinus introduced from Hawaii', Proceedings of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists fifth congress, Brisbane, International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, 1935

Geographical expansion of Bufo marinus in Queensland, 1981

QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

1 January 1981

28 March 2011

Location

QLD

Australia

See map: Google Maps

28 March 2011

M.D. Sabath, et al

Geographical expansion of Bufo marinus in Queensland, 1981. This was one of the first maps to show the pathway of the cane toad across Queensland. The map accompanied the scientific paper investigating the rate and direction of population spread of B. marinus in Queensland. The 1939 inset lists the sites in Queensland where toads were released: A = Mossman, B = Gordonvale, C = Babinda, D = Bamaroo, E = Giru and Ayr, F = Mackay, G = Bundaberg, H = Isis. Notably, the information to create this map came from Queensland Museum surveys in 1974 that asked Queenslanders when they had first seen the toad in their district. From M.D. Sabath, et al, ‘Expansion of the range of the introduced toad Bufo Marinus in Australia from 1935 to 1974’, Copeia, 3, 1981

Introducing the cane toad

The cane toad (Bufo marinus) was introduced to Australia as a solution to cane beetle pest affecting North Queensland sugar cane crops.