The pindan scrub, which is a type of arid heathland, is not a place toxic cane toads care to tarry.
As a result, the large reptiles that tend to eat them have had a better survival rate in this drier environment.
This is an interesting, opportunistic study by government scientists working out of Kununurra in the East Kimberley.
It has now been republished in The Kimberley Echo.
Science Network [read this story]
26 Nov 2015
Kimberley Echo, Kununurra WA