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Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)

Synonyms: Lithobates catesbiana; Rana catesbeiana (homotypic); Rana mugiens; Rana scapularis

Wikipedia Abstract

The American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus or Rana catesbeiana), often simply known as the bullfrog in Canada and the United States, is an amphibious frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or “true frogs”. This frog has an olive green back and sides blotched with brownish markings and a whitish belly spotted with yellow or grey. The upper lip is often bright green and males have yellow throats. It inhabits large, permanent water bodies, such as swamps, ponds, and lakes, where it is usually found along the water's edge. The male bullfrog defends a territory during the breeding season. His call is reminiscent of the roar of a bull, which gives the frog its common name. This frog is native to southern and eastern parts of the United States and Canada, but has been widely introduced across
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
23
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.58
EDGE Score: 2.26
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Attributes

Gestation [2]  4 days
Hibernates [1]  Yes
Litter Size [3]  16,750
Litters / Year [3]  1
Maximum Longevity [2]  16 years
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [3]  8 inches (20.3 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams
Adult Weight [2]  54 grams
Diet [1]  Omnivore
Female Maturity [2]  3 years 6 months
Male Maturity [2]  2 years

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Habitat Vegetation Classification

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Midwest Mixed Emergent Deep Marsh Canada (Ontario); United States (Missouri, Tennessee, Iowa, South Dakota, Illinois, Nebraska, North Dakota, Kentucky, Alabama, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin)
Pond-cypress Depression Forest United States (Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina)

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
♦ 4Study of Northern Virginia Ecology
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6Anurans as prey: an exploratory analysis and size relationships between predators and their prey, L. F. Toledo, R. S. Ribeiro & C. F. B. Haddad, Journal of Zoology 271 (2007) 170–177
♦ 7Resources of a Snake Community in Prairie-Woodland Habitat of Northeastern Kansas, Henry S. Fitch, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife Research Report 13: 83-98 (1982)
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0