They pull away the soft belly skin and partake of the internal organs, leaving the skin and the deadly paratoid glands behind. Keelbacks swallow and digest entire toads without any ill effect at all. Surely there is important information to be gained from an intense study of the Keelback snake's biology. Probably the most commonly asked question of the Cairns Frog Hospital is how to tell the difference between the tadpoles of cane toads and Australian frogs. If you would like to reproduce pages from this website for your own community group's newsletter or school class, you may use the Print button in your browser to obtain a duplicate of the page to insert in your newsletter or hand out in classes.
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