The information should be useful in determining attributes of terrestrial habitats that are required for anuran conservation. Cane toad distribution in the Murray-Darling catchement. In non-coastal areas of Australia, the cane toad is moving south at approximately three kilometres per year. Studies have been undertaken on the ecology of the cane toad and its interaction with native anurans. Meat ant ecology and foraging behaviour.
Meat ants are a common and dominant ant species in much of non-coastal eastern Australia.
They are also predators of recently metamorphosed cane toads. A number of studies has been undertaken that have examined the foraging behaviour of meat ants and a study of the meat ant interaction with cane toads is planned. It is generally assumed that these features provide optimal conditions for feeding, predator avoidance of physiology, yet there are few experimental studies that examine reasons for habitat choice. Examples of recent publications Williamson, I., and Bull. Williamson, I. 1999.