Bullfrog
(Rana
catesbeiana) |
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DESCRIPTION: 3 1/2 to 6 inches. Is our largest
frog, From above they are plain or nearly plain green, or with a
netlike pattern of gray or brown. Venter often whitish or with
gray or with a yellowish wash. Especially on the throats of
adult males. No Dorsolateral ridges on trunk and ridges end near
eardrum.
RANGE: From Nova Scotia to Central Florida and as
far west as California and Mexico.
HABITAT: Aquatic and preferring larger bodies of water than most
other frogs. A resident of lakes, ponds, bogs, sluggish portions
of streams and can usually be seen at waters edge or amidst
vegetation or snags among which it can hide. Small streams
are utilized when larger bodies of water are unavailable.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Hiding places where there is some
moister.
FOOD: A voracious eater and will eat almost
anything that moves and that it can swallow, such frogs of other
species, garter snakes, and small turtles. |
