Cane toad taken in an urban setting of Townsville, QLD, Australia. Hirotaka Komine
The invasive cane toads that live in Australiaās cities have developed different physical traits from those in the countryside, and these changes may be due to rapid adaptation to their differing lifestyles.
āIn general, urban environments have less predators than rural environments,ā says at Yamagata University in Japan.
He and his colleagues collected nearly 600 cane toads (Rhinella marina) from 18 locations in and surrounding three cities in northern Queensland, Australia. Along with body length and mass, the researchers measured the length of…
