Could lakes of mercury exist on an Earth-like planet?

I am working on a planet that has insignificant (almost 0 degrees) tilt, no moon, rotates twice as fast as Earth.

I intend to create quite an exotic "biome", so to speak, in a subtropical desert zone which has toxic lakes of mercury. From what I understand, mercury evaporates rather slowly.

Is it possible, or even plausible, and if not, could it be any other toxic element? How large could they become? And furthermore, could there be life that adapted to such toxic environment?

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