Bullfrog (Rana Catesbiana) 



Appearance. The Bullfrog is typically a large, blunt-nosed frog, 

 usually light gray green, more rarely brownish green, above. The 

 back is occasionally somewhat mottled with black and is covered 

 with small warts. Beneath, it is yellowish white and usually faintly 

 mottled with brown. The ear of the female is almost as large as her 

 prominent eyes; that of the male is larger than the eye. 



The tadpole is greenish brown above and spotted finely with 

 black. It spends two winters as a tadpole and finally transforms in 

 May of the third year, when some 150 mm. long. 



Size. Adult size, 85 - 185 mm., or even longer when the frogs 

 have not been hunted. 



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