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Predators of American bullfrogs once in their adult stages can range from 150 g (5.3 oz) belted kingfishers (Megaceryle alcyon) to 1,100 lb (500 kg) American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis). [ 55 ] [ 56 ] The eggs and larvae are unpalatable to many salamanders and fish , but the high levels of activity of the tadpoles may make them more ...
It is typically used when the frog has been grabbed by a predator and may serve to distract or disorient the attacker so that it releases the frog. [95] Distinctive low "jug-o-rum" sound of banded bullfrog. Many species of frog have deep calls. The croak of the American bullfrog (Rana catesbiana) is sometimes written as "jug o' rum". [96]
American bullfrog: Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802) Abundant Statewide Green frog: Lithobates clamitans (Rafinesque, 1820) Abundant If subspecies are recognized, the Pennsylvania subspecies would be Lithobates clamitans melanota: Statewide Atlantic Coast leopard frog: Lithobates kauffeldi (Feinberg et al., 2014) Endangered
A Checklist of North American Amphibians and Reptiles: The United States and Canada. Vol. 1 - Amphibians. Xlibris Corporation LLC. ISBN 978-1-4931-7035-7. [self-published source] Cope, Edward D. (1875). Check-list of North American Batrachia and Reptilia; with a systematic list of the higher groups, and an essay on geographical distribution.
The name was previously used by Frost et al. as a separate genus of ranid frogs that included most of the North American frogs traditionally included in the genus Rana, [7] including the American bullfrog and northern leopard frog. Frost used the name in this sense in the frog section of a North American common names list edited by Crother ...
Banded bullfrog (Kaloula pulchra), found in Southeast Asia; Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) or East Asian Bullfrog, found in China and Southeast Asia; Hoplobatrachus crassus or Jerdon's bullfrog, found in India; Hoplobatrachus tigerinus or Indus Valley bullfrog, found in Pakistan and North India
† Bullfrogs are an introduced and invasive species in Colorado. Toads. Image Species Common name Family Anaxyrus boreas: Western toad Bufonidae: Anaxyrus cognatus:
American bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus), also widely distributed, are also thought to be carriers of the disease due to their inherent low susceptibility to B. dendrobatidis infection. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The bullfrog often escapes captivity and can establish feral populations where it may introduce the disease to new areas. [ 8 ]