Wildlife officials found a giant toad in the rainforest of northern Australia, initially thinking it was a toy.
The specimen of this frog is six times larger than the average toad, weighs 2,7 kilograms and could break the world record.
The frog was named Todzilla after Godzilla, the Japanese hit movie about a giant mutated monster from the mid-1950s.
Toads, which were first discovered in Australia in 1935, are one of the country's biggest pests and are estimated to currently number more than two billion.
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When park ranger Kylie Gray first spotted the massive amphibian while on patrol in Queensland, she couldn't believe her eyes.
"I've never seen anything that big," she told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
“[It looked] almost like a soccer ball with legs. We called Todzil," he adds.
Her team quickly captured Todzilla - believed to be a female - and returned to base to weigh her.
They knew it would be difficult, but were surprised to discover that she could set a new world record.
The current Guinness world record for the largest frog - 2,65 kilograms - was set by a pet toad in Sweden named Prinsen in 1991.
Gray says that this giant specimen probably evolved from a diet of insects, reptiles and smaller mammals.
"A frog this size will eat anything it puts in its mouth," she said.
Toads have no natural predators in Australia, and poisonous species have wreaked havoc on domestic animal populations.
Gray isn't sure how old Todzilla is - this species can live up to 15 years in the wild - but believes it has "been around a long time".
After the measurements, Todzilla was euthanized, which is common practice in Australia for pests, and will be donated to the Queensland Museum.
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