THE CANE TOAD cane toad or bufo marinus

Blake Mooers Fessenden grade 6

Scientific classification

Kingdom: AnamaliaPhylum: ChordataClass: AmphibiaOrder: AnuraFamily: BufonidaeGenus: BufoSubgenus: RhinellaSpecies: Bufo Marinus

The Cane Toads appearance

● the cane toad produces poison with glands located behind the ear

● it is a large warty toad● it has webed feet for swimming● it has large eyes and a large mouth

The Cane Toads habitat

● swamps● grass lands ● savannahs● rain forests● forests

All over Australia or South America.

Life Cycle of a Cane Toad

1-fertilized egg2-small tadpole hatchling eats algae and larvae 3-tadpole develops legs and lungs then leaves water4-small toads tail disappears and starts to eat land insects5-Large toads begin to breed once they have been out of the water for six months6-after living a life span of about seven years they die

Diet

The diet of a cane toad includes:● rodents ● small mammals● amphibians● reptiles● insects

Predators

Some of the cane toads predators are:- crocodiles- birds of prey- snakes- large lizardsThe real problem is that anything that eats the cane toad gets poisoned and will die in a matter of minutes .

How this species destroy the environment?

-the cane toad does not contribute to anything good in Australian eco system -it eats all different types and it eats so much that it is destroying native animal populations-due to their poison anything that eats it will die

What is an invasive species?

An invasive species is:-a animal that is not meant to be there-it is normally introduced to help something -in this case the cane toad is native to the northern part of South America-it was introduced to control cane beetle populations in Australia

what can be done to help the native species survive?

Due to the diet of the cane toad it has become more a problem than a solution,so the only way to help the native species survive is to manually exterminate the cane toads.

KILL THE CANE TOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting facts● there were 108 toads introduced to

Australia and today there are over 1 billion ● the cane toad live to breed

References

websites;● en . wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane-toad● animals.nationalgeographic.com.

/animals/amphibians/Cane-toad/● www.canetoadstheconquest.combooks:● eyewitness books(amphibian)-DR.BarryClark● smithsonian(animal the definitive guide -

Tim Halliday and Ronald Crombie