The giant toad Rhinella marina (formerly Bufo marinus), introduced to kill pests throughout Oceania, the Caribbean and Northern Australia, and in its turn a major pest in some of those areas, is native to where?
South and mainland Central America The popular name is cane toad. It is an old species. A fossil from some 13.8 to 12 million years ago is indistinguishable from modern cane toads from northern South America. It eats voraciously, including the sugar cane beetle after which it is named, eating both live meat and carrion. It and its tadpoles are highly poisonous.
What animal, introduced to Australia in the 19th century, had a feral population there by 2010 of between 500,000 and 750,000?
