by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Amphibians (Class: Amphibia) Amphibians were the first vertebrates to colonise the land, over 370 mya (million years ago), and most members still require water for the larval stage of their life cycle. The group includes the salamanders, frogs, toads and caecilians,...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
True Toads (Family: Bufonidae) Widely distributed around the world, but with two introduced species in Australia, the Cane Toad which was released at Gordonvale in Qld in 1935 to control pests of sugarcane, and has since become a major pest, and the Black-spined Toad...
