Dubbed 'Toadzilla', the 2.7-kilogram (5.9-pound) amphibian may be the largest toad on record
Dubbed “Toadzilla” by the rangers, the 2.7-kilogram amphibian was found in Conway National Park in Queensland last week when park officials were conducting track work, the state’s Department of Environment and Science said on social media. In a tweet on Thursday, the department said rangers “were shocked to find a monster cane toad.” Ranger Kylee Gray said team came across the mammoth creature when she left their vehicle as they stopped to let a snake slither across the track.
” Believed to be female, as they typically grow larger than their male counterparts, the toad was taken back to the rangers’ base, where she was weighed. Rangers say Toadzilla could set a new record. The current Guinness World Record for the largest toad was set in 1991 by Prinsen, a pet toad in Sweden, which weighed a hefty 2.65 kg . Toadzilla has since been “euthanised due to the environmental damage they cause,” the department added in its tweet.
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