Invasive cane toads (Bufo marinus) cause mass mortality of freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) in tropical Australia

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Disappearing giants: a review of threats to freshwater megafauna (2017, background): “For example, the invasion of Cane Toads (Bufo marinus) has led to the massive mortality of Australian Freshwater Crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) as they consume the toads which contain powerful toxins in their parotid glands.(61) Less directly, Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycush) populations in Onta”
Progress toward understanding the ecological impacts of nonnative species (2013, background): “Although some invasive animals (e.g., cane toads Bufo marinus) can produce toxic secretions that can damage predator populations (Letnic et al. 2008), the novel weapons hypothesis has been studied exclusively for terrestrial plants to date (Jeschke et al. 2012).”
Modern approaches for the biological control of vertebrate pests: An Australian perspective (2010, background): “, 2003) and freshwater crocodiles (Letnic et al., 2008) as well as mortality in other taxa (Crossland and Alford, 1998; Crossland et al.”
Stemming the tide: progress towards resolving the causes of decline and implementing management responses for the disappearing mammal fauna of northern Australia (2015, background): “In the Northern Territory, the cane toad invasion has caused massive declines in populations of freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni; Letnic et al. 2008), varanid lizards (Varanus spp. ; Doody et al. 2009), blue-tongue lizards (Tiliqua spp.; Brown et al. 2011) and northern quolls (Woinarski…”