In the 1930s the Queensland government imported cane toads in the hope of eradicating two small beetles badly affecting the sugar cane crop in the north of the State. How many cane toads were imported, and where did they come from?

DogRL

Cane toads (bufo marinus) were introduced to Australia to eat French's Cane Beetle and the Greyback Cane Beetle. http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/canetoad.htm The natural range of Cane Toads extends from the southern United States to tropical South America. They were deliberately introduced from Hawaii to Australia in 1935, to control scarab beetles that were pests of sugar cane. In 2002, Cane Toads occur throughout the eastern and northern half of Queensland and have extended their range to the river catchments surrounding Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. In New South Wales they occur on the coast as far south as Yamba, and there is an isolated colony near Port Macquarie. Jan 01 04, 7:34 AM

shady shaker

101 cane toads were imported from Hawaii. There are a few more of them here now!! Jan 01 04, 1:38 PM