These toads are poisonous, exuding venom from glands on their shoulders when provoked, so as cane toads multiplied in Australia's wild, the number of predators in some national parks began to decline.
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Some of them are known to grow to almost rival Toadzilla's size, but specimens of her heft are rare, according to the environment and science department.
"I'm not sure how old she is, but cane toads can live up to 15 years in the wild," Gray said. "So this one has been around a long time. We're pleased to have removed her from the national park."
Toadzilla won't be growing any bigger, however. Because her species is officially designated a pest, Toadzilla was euthanized, the environment and science department told Insider on Friday.
She also wasn't officially weighed independently, a spokesperson for the department said.
In the meantime, Toadzilla may be donated to the Queensland Museum, which has expressed interest in taking the toad, per the department.
The largest known toad was a pet male in Sweden named Prinsen, or The Prince, weighing 5.84 pounds in 1991, per the Guinness World Records.
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