cane toad

American  

noun

1. a large brown toad, Bufo marinus, of tropical America, toxic to animals eating it and once exported to help control sugarcane beetles.

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cane toad British  

noun

1. Also called: giant toad.   marine toad.  a large toad, Bufo marinus , native to Central and South America but introduced into many countries to control insects and other pests of sugar-cane plantations

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Example Sentences

Though if it had been a cane toad - one of the country's most damaging, and ugly pests - that would be another story, she said.

From BBC

"I can't stand them, like they make me dry retch. So if it was a cane toad, it would have scared me."

From BBC

These include developing a vaccine for elephants against a deadly virus; the creation of genetically modified marsupials in Australia known as quoll to be resistant to neurotoxins produced by their predator, the cane toad; and reintroducing genetic diversity in the pink pigeon in Mauritius.

From BBC

Yellow spotted monitor lizards usually die after eating a single adult cane toad, an introduced pest with toxic skin secretions that has wreaked havoc on Australia’s native wildlife.

From Science Magazine

And Ward-Fear’s team is now evaluating cane toad aversion for protecting crocodiles and aquatic monitors.

From Science Magazine