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Bullfrog
''Bullfrog'' is a common English language term to refer to large, aggressive frogs, regardless of species. Examples of bullfrogs include: Frog species America * Helmeted water toad (''Calyptocephalella gayi''), endemic to Chile *American bullfrog (''Lithobates catesbeianus''), indigenous to North America * Cane toad (''Rhinella marina''), a toad indigenous to Central and South America, called 'bullfrog' in the Philippines Australia *'' Limnodynastes dorsalis'', found in Southwest Australia *'' Limnodynastes dumerilii'', found in Western Australia * Giant banjo frog (''Limnodynastes interioris''), found in Eastern Australia Africa * African bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus adspersus''), found in central and southern Africa * Calabresi's bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus obbianus''), found in Somalia * Crowned bullfrog (''Hoplobatrachus occipitalis''), found in much of Africa * Edible bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus edulis''), found in much of Africa Asia * Banded bullfrog (''Kaloula pulchra''), found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Bullfrog
The American bullfrog (''Lithobates catesbeianus''), often simply known as the bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is a large true frog native to eastern North America. It typically inhabits large permanent water bodies such as swamps, ponds, and lakes. Bullfrogs can also be found in man made habitats such as pools, koi ponds, canals, ditches and culverts. The bullfrog gets its name from the sound the male makes during the breeding season, which sounds similar to a bull bellowing. The bullfrog is large and is commonly eaten throughout its range, especially in the southern United States where they are plentiful. Their presence as a food source has led to bullfrogs being distributed around the world outside of their native range. Bullfrogs have been introduced into the Western United States, South America, Western Europe, China, Japan, and southeast Asia. In these places they are invasive species due to their voracious appetite and the large number of eggs they produce, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banded Bullfrog
The banded bullfrog (''Kaloula pulchra'') is a species of frog in the narrow-mouthed frog family Microhylidae. Native to Southeast Asia, it is also known as the Asian painted frog, digging frog, Malaysian bullfrog, common Asian frog, and painted balloon frog. In the pet trade, it is sometimes called the chubby frog. Adults measure and have a dark brown back with stripes that vary from copper-brown to salmon pink. The banded bullfrog lives at low altitudes and is found in both urban and rural settings, as well as in forest habitats. They bury themselves underground during dry periods and emerge after heavy rainfall to emit calls and breed. They feed primarily on ants and termites; predators of adults and tadpoles include snakes, dragonfly larvae, and snails. When threatened, they inflate their lungs and secrete a noxious white substance. The species is prevalent in the pet trade and is a potential invasive species being introduced in Taiwan, the Philippines, Guam, Singapore, Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Bullfrog
The African bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus adspersus'') is a species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is also known as the pixie frog due to its scientific name. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been extirpated from Eswatini. It has long been confused with the edible bullfrog (''P. edulis'') and species boundaries between them, including exact range limits, are not fully understood. Additionally, '' P. angusticeps'' of coastal East Africa only was revalidated as a separate species in 2013. The natural habitat of the African bullfrog is moist to dry savanna, subtropical to tropical dry shrubland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, canals, and flooded ditches. It is among the largest anurans on the planet, sixth only to the goliath frog, the helmeted water toad, the La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoplobatrachus Tigerinus
''Hoplobatrachus tigerinus'', commonly known as the Indian bullfrog, is a large species of fork-tongued frog found in South and Southeast Asia. A relatively large frog, it is normally green in color, although physiological traits vary between populations. Sexual dimorphism exists between males and females. Outside of its native range, ''H. tigerinus'' is a rapidly-spreading invasive species. Both adults and tadpoles can severely damage the populations of other frog species. Typically, Indian bullfrogs dwell in wetland environments. Research has been conducted on their ability to control mosquitos. Taxonomy The Indian bullfrog was first described by François-Marie Daudin in 1802, as Rana tigerina. The type locality was given as "Bengale, India". In 1992, it was transferred to the genus '' Hoplobatrachus'' by Alain Dubois, as ''Hoplobatrachus tigerinus''. In addition to various other renditions and misspellings of ''R. tigerina'', other synonyms include ''Rana picta'', ''Dicroglo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edible Bullfrog
The edible bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus edulis''), also known as the pixie frog, lesser bullfrog or Peter's bullfrog, is a large-bodied African species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae. Description The edible bullfrog is a large bodied frog in which the males typically reach in snout–to–vent length and the females . Exceptionally large males may even reach , although the species does not approach the sizes attained by the related African bullfrog (''P. adspersus''). The females of the edible bullfrog are much less bulky than the males and typically reach just half of the weight of the males. There are two tooth like structures in the lower jaw of the broad mouth bears which point upwards. The skin of the edible bullfrog has slight, rather rounded warts. It has short lateral ridges which never stretch all the way from the head to the end of the body, their form changes considerably as the frog grows. The young frogs are quite sturdy and look almost plump but the adults show do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frog
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely Carnivore, carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order (biology), order Anura (ανοὐρά, literally ''without tail'' in Ancient Greek). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" ''Triadobatrachus'' is known from the Early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock, molecular clock dating suggests their split from other amphibians may extend further back to the Permian, 265 Myr, million years ago. Frogs are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to subarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforest. Frogs account for around 88% of extant amphibian species. They are also one of the five most diverse vertebrate orders. Warty frog species tend to be called toads, but the distinction between frogs and toads is informal, not from Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy or evolutionary history. An adult frog has a stout body, protruding eyes, anteriorly-attached tongue, limb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoplobatrachus Crassus
''Hoplobatrachus crassus'', also called Jerdon's bullfrog, Jerdon's bull frog, and South Indian bullfrog, is a species of frog found widely distributed on the plains of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Its range may extend to the adjacent Bhutan and Myanmar. Description This species has a shovel shaped metatarsal tubercle and has longer hind legs than the somewhat similar ''H. tigrinus'' with which it overlaps in part of its range. When the leg is stretched along the body the tibio-tarsal (ankle) joint lies at a position between the ear and eye. Females are slightly larger than males (about 8–10 cm or more while males are about 5–8 cm). Habitat and ecology ''Hoplobatrachus crassus'' is a terrestrial frog that lives in seasonally flooded dry grasslands, open plains and arid areas, also in cultivated areas and near human settlements. Adult frogs are often found in burrows. They may aestivate during dry periods. Breeding takes place in water. Males have two vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowned Bullfrog
The crowned bullfrog (''Hoplobatrachus occipitalis'') is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in the Sub-Saharan Africa (Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, and Zambia). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, arable land, pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giant Banjo Frog
The giant banjo frog, giant pobblebonk frog, giant bullfrog, or great bullfrog (''Limnodynastes interioris'') is a species of frog, endemic to Australia, in the family Limnodynastidae. Fry was the first to recognise the species of Giant Banjo Frog (''Limnodynastes interioris)'' as a distinct subspecies of Banjo Frog (Genus: ''Limnodynastes)'', differing from the similar Southern or Eastern Banjo Frogs ( ''Limnodynastes dumerili'') which occupied most of eastern Australia. Description The Giant Banjo frog grows to an average length of between 7–9 cm. The skin on its back is mostly brown with irregular black markings and a bumpy texture while its underside is pale to bright yellow and smooth. Along the sides of the body, the colouring ranges from red-brown to fawn with black and grey flecks with a black stripe from its snout down to its sides. The iris is a dark specked gold and the pupil is horizontal. Front feet are unwebbed and back feet are semi-webbed with a large, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calabresi's Bullfrog
Calabresi's bullfrog (''Pyxicephalus obbianus'') is a species of frogs in the family Pyxicephalidae. It is endemic to northeastern and central Somalia. This uncommon species breeds in temporary ponds. Outside the breeding season, it is fossorial A fossorial () animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders, as well as many beetles, wasps, and bees. Prehistoric evid ..., and little is known about its habitat. It is assumed live in dry savannah and semi-arid habitats. Significant threats to it are unlikely, although livestock grazing, and perhaps fire and droughts, might have an impact. References Pyxicephalus Frogs of Africa Amphibians of Somalia Endemic fauna of Somalia Amphibians described in 1927 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Ranoidea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmeted Water Toad
''Calyptocephalella'' is a genus of frogs in the family Calyptocephalellidae. It is represented by a single living species, ''Calyptocephalella gayi'', commonly known as the helmeted water toad, Chilean helmeted bull frog or wide-mouth toad. Additionally, there are a few extinct species that only are known from Late Cretaceous and Paleogene fossil remains from Patagonia in South America and in the Antarctic Peninsula (at times when it was warmer and wetter). The helmeted water toad living today is aquatic to semi-aquatic, and found in deep ponds and reservoirs in central Chile and possibly adjacent west-central Argentina.AmphibiaWeb: Calyptocephalella gayi.' Retrieved 21 March 2015. This very large toad typically weighs up to , but sometimes considerably more. It's the world's second largest frog after the goliath frog. It is threatened by capture for human consumption, habitat loss, pollution, introduced species and the disease chytridiomycosis. It is often kept in herpetocult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Edible Frog
The Chinese edible frog, East Asian bullfrog, or Taiwanese frog (''Hoplobatrachus rugulosus'') is a species of frog in the family Dicroglossidae. It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pasture land, rural gardens, urban areas, ponds, aquaculture ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, seasonally flooded agricultural land, and canals and ditches. They breed in spring to early summer. The domesticated Thai variety and wild Chinese populations of ''H. rugulosus'' belong to two separate genetic lineages respectively.Yu D, Zhang J, Li P, Zheng R, Shao C (2015) Do Cryptic Species Exist in Hoplobatrachus rugulosus? An Examination Using Four Nuclear Genes, the Cyt b Gene and the Complete MT Genome. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0124825. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124825 Yu et al. (2015) suggest that ''H. rugulosus'' may in fact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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