Field card Swamp

American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Lives
Ponds, lakes, marshes and slow streams of eastern North America
Size
Body usually 9 to 15 cm long, sometimes more
Eats
Insects, crayfish, fish, other frogs: almost anything it can swallow
Status
Least Concern (IUCN)

American Bullfrog facts

  • It's the largest frog in North America.
  • A male's eardrums, the round discs behind its eyes, are bigger than its eyes; a female's are about the same size.
  • Its tadpoles can take a year or more to turn into frogs, longer where winters are cold.

Myth Touching a frog gives you warts.

Fact Warts come from a human virus, not from frogs or toads.

In Word Biome

The American Bullfrog is one of the creatures in the Swamp world. Watch for it in costume as the Crooner Bullfrog. Tap it in the game to open this field card.

Costume: Crooner Bullfrog

Sources

Checked against: IUCN Red List, US Geological Survey, Smithsonian.