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Published online 28 March 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070326-7

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Cane toads keep on coming

Invasive amphibians could double their present extent in Australia, study warns.

Since cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935, they have colonized 1.2 million square kilometres of that country — an area greater than that of France and Spain combined.

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