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Original source http://abc.net.au/news/australia/sa/renmark/200610/s1766827.htm

17 October 2006

Cane toads may head south with flooding rains

If the drought ends, with the traditional flooding rains, it could introduce an unwelcome pest to the south-eastern states.

Frog expert Professor Mike Tyler says cane toads are already present in the southern Queensland areas of the Murray Darling basin and will start moving downstream along the Darling when it floods, possibly as far as South Australia.

He says it is not a matter of if they head south, but when.

"The Murray system itself is really perfect environment for the cane toad," he said.

"I'm not talking about the major river channel itself but instead the billabongs along the side.

"These are shallow water, very warm, perfect breeding sites, no predators and I'm convinced that the toad will do very well there."

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