Whitsunday kid captures giant toad

If the government was paying per kilo for every toad captured, this kid wouldn't be bothering his old man for pocket money these holidays.

Twelve-year-old Wilson Norman was in Jubilee Pocket with his brother when they spotted this gigantic cane toad on the road.

"We had to stop, we couldn't believe it and we just had to show Dad. So we chucked it in the back of the ute and brought it home," Wilson said of his find.

Next stop was the Whitsunday Coast Guardian where the oversized pest was brought in for show and tell.

"This would easy be the biggest one I have seen. I don't normally pick them up but I had to show Dad this one," said Wilson who says he will dispose of the toad humanely.

A website dedicated to the protection of native wildlife says one female cane toad can lay up to 20,000 to 50,000 eggs in one spawning which can occur more than once a year.

In 1935, 101 cane toads were released into the wild. Within six months they had multiplied to over 60,000, the website says.