An academic is asking the public to report sightings of cane toads, after the invasive species was found in Nantou County.
The cane toad, which can lay up to 35,000 eggs at a time, is listed as an invasive species in most parts of the world where it is found.
“Volunteers have caught 1,300 of the toads in Nantou County’s Caotun Township (草屯) so far this season,” National Dong Hwa University zoology professor Yang Yi-ru (楊懿如) said on Wednesday. “At this point we are asking anyone who spots the toad’s eggs or tadpoles to report the finding, so that we can prevent