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Cane toads hop closer to Darwin
Tuesday, March 19, 2002 . Posted: 09:31:23 (AEDT)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200203/s507591.htm

The Frogwatch organisation says a cane toad has been discovered at the Mary River Ranger station, indicating the pest is closer to reaching Darwin.

The group's coordinator, Graeme Sawyer, says a report of the find was received yesterday.

He says the discovery was not far from the Mary River, which is a concern.

"We are a little bit fortunate in that respect that none of the rivers point directly to Darwin," Mr Sawyer said.

"I guess they are going to come down the Mary River system fairly quickly and once they are in that it's a fairly small migration in the top end of the Mary to get into the Adelaide River catchment.

"Once they are in the catchment they will come down fairly quickly into the Darwin area."

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