Classification
within iNaturalist

All Names

  • Scientific names
    • Rana catesbeiana
    • Lithobates catesbeianus
  • English
    • American Bullfrog
    • Bullfrog
    • Common Bullfrog
  • French
    • ouaouaron
    • Grenouille-taureau
  • Spanish
    • Rana toro

Colors

 

Extras

Make taxonomic Flickr tags for this taxon »

Flickr invite link »

Wikipedia taxobox »

Tree Browser »

Search descendant taxa »

Embed a widget for this taxon on your website »

Recent Observations

Amphibia-15px

Photos

7179711850_cf7c4eea17_s

What

American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus

Observer

jplarry

Date

May 8, 2012 08:49 PM EDT

Description

American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) from Oxford, Mississippi

Amphibia-15px

Photos

Square

Observer

lward

Date

May 21, 2012
Amphibia-15px

Photos

Square

What

American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus

Observer

lward

Date

May 21, 2012
View all observations

Description from
View on Wikipedia → View on AmphibiaWeb →

The American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)), often simply known as the Bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is an aquatic frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or “true frogs”, native to much of North America. This is a frog of larger, permanent water bodies, swamps, ponds, lakes, where it is usually found along the water's edge. On rainy nights, bullfrogs along with many other amphibians, go overland and may be seen in numbers on country...

Source: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 November 2011.