Toad Impacts

Toads enter The Kimberley

As cane toads have spread across Australia, they have left a trail of ecological destruction in their path. They affect native wildlife in complex and numerous ways including lethal toxic ingestion for predators, predation on native species and competition for food and habitat. Key species that have been shown to be directly negatively affected by cane toads in Queensland and the NT include goannas, freshwater crocodiles, snakes, quolls and native frogs.

In 2009, cane toads reached the Kimberley region of Western Australia and have the potential to damage the biodiversity of this unique region in the immediate future. Research results reveal that the impact of cane toads on native species is more severe in areas with a more arid climate and longer, harsher dry seasons. This will mean bad news for the Kimberley- an area that has harsher dry seasons than the NT. Unless areas are protected from the toads they will have a significant impact on a range of species, some which are only found in the Kimberley.

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