nent ridge from posterior angle of eye to shoulder; skin thick and 

 roughened with many small papillae, even the ear drum may be so 

 roughened; ear drum small; dorsolateral folds prominent; sacral 

 hump prominent; back with regularly placed light centered spots; 

 male without visible vocal sac. 



Voice: It is a low tremulous gurgle. 



Breeding: They breed during January and February. The eggs 

 are laid in overflow areas of permanent pools, the mass attached to 

 vegetation. The jelly is soft and viscid; the outline of individual eggs 

 evident on the surface. The egg is 1/12 inch (2.1 mm.), the envelopes 

 1/8, 3/16, 3/8 inch (3.5 mm., 4.4 mm., 8.5 mm.), the eggs black and 

 white. The dark brownish, mottled tadpole is 3 1/3 inches (83 mm.) and 

 has tooth ridges 2/3. The larval period is 5-7 months. (Data from 

 Storer, 1925.) They transform from May to August at 7/8—1 1/5 

 inches (22-30 mm.). 



Notes: "It is said by people of the western coast that Rana 

 Draytoni is the best edible frog in North America, and that the flesh 

 of the Eastern Bullfrog is tough and coarse compared with it." — 

 (From The Frog Book, by Mary C. Dickerson, copyright, 1906, by 

 Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., p. 216). 



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