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(Option C, question 16 continued) Cane toads in their native range in Venezuela breed in clear water with a pH only slightly higher than neutral (
pH7.1-7.6
). Fieldwork in northeastern New South Wales, Australia, showed that natural water bodies varied in
pH
from
pH4
to
pH10
. Laboratory investigations were conducted to look at the effect of this range of
pH
on the hatching and body length of cane toads.
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