Snakes adapt to toads.

[Springherp]

Sorry to take your job fuscus, this article shows there may still be a chance for some of the snakes more vulnerable to toad venom (e.g. red bellys). Lets just hope they can evolve before the toads completely wipe them out.

http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1250708.htm

 

[Samma3l]

The bigger a snake, the smaller its head is compared to its overall body length. And since the size of a snake's head limits the size of its prey, this means a larger snake is less likely to eat a large enough toad to poison it, said Phillips.

this took me a few times to read to get my head around (pun intended)

 

[Linus]

well thats a good sign.

What is the toads natural predator in south america? If any?

I read on the internet that there are betles in Northern austrlai called lavender bettles which kill the toads. Anyone know if thats true?

 

[moosenoose]

What an awesome article

Imagine the focus brought upon these particular species of black snake etc with the public, as being one of a few native animals which has set about to fix up what we initally stuffed up! How smart are they!

I knew crows had worked out how to eat them, by avoiding the venom glands but I'm wrapt that snakes are slowly evolving to also work it out - great stuff!

 

[Samma3l]

There is also a new piece of information which has emerged because of the toad's progress across the Northern Territory: there is a beetle species there which the frogs ignore but the toads relish, and when they eat these Lavender Beetles, they die.

from:

http://www.fdrproject.org/pages/toads.htm

 

[CHEWY]

Many of the native animals in South America are immune to the toxin. The Cane Toads naturals predators include many snakes, caiman and larger toads.