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Toad found in supermarket bag of salad

The toad is being kept in isolation out of fears it had come from overseas.

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(Berkshire Reptile Rescue via SWNS)

By Lauren Beavis via SWNS

Animal experts are attempting to identify the origin of a toad - found in a supermarket bag of salad.

Graham Martin, from Berkshire Reptile Rescue, said he was asked to collect the animal on Monday (Sept. 23) by staff at Waitrose distribution center, Bracknell.

Since collecting the frog he had been keeping the toad in isolation because it was not clear whether it had come from overseas.

(Berkshire Reptile Rescue via SWNS)

Graham said: "We have spoken to several herpetologìsts and narrowed it right down to a few species.

"But I'll probably keep her (hoping it's a girl as girls get bigger) as a pet."

Graham explains they have narrowed the toads' species down to two: "buffo buffo which is our common toad native to this country or bufo spinosus native to France Spain.

"They look so similar!"

Waitrose has been asked to comment.

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