Sentences with phrase «like goannas»

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So, toads ARE an ecological problem - but only for a fairly small number of species (the big predators) and fortunately, Queensland populations of many of those species (like yellow - spotted goannas and northern quolls) are recovering, a few decades after the toads arrived and really reduced the predator numbers.

Part of the problem is that the kinds of native animals that are most likely to be affected by toads are big predators, like quolls (marsupial carnivores), large snakes, and goannas.

Our studies in Queensland confirm that species like yellow - spotted goannas learn to avoid toads as food, and so can coexist with toads.

Animals that try to eat big toads, like quolls and goannas, are in the biggest trouble (because big toads have a lot more poison than small toads.