Southern Bull-frog. Joe 



Brown Frog. Pig- 

 frog. Swamp Bullfrog. 

 Bonnet's Frog. Lake 

 Frog. Green Bull-frog. 



Plate LXVII. i. Female 

 (xi). i. Male croaking (x |). 

 3, 4. Females (xi). 



Rana grylio Stejneger. 



Range: Lousiana to Florida 

 and southern Georgia. 



Habitat: Aquatic. Open 

 water-lily prairies, open 

 ponds, or along deep-wooded 

 overflowed banks of southern 

 rivers, amongst brush or 

 similar debris, or amongst 

 aquatic vegetation, like 

 pickerel weed, and more espe- 

 cially near bushy edges. (Ex- 

 ceedingly shy, hard to catch 

 except at night with a light.) 



Size: Adults, 3 1/4-6 2/5 

 inches. (Males, 82-152 mm. 

 Females, 85-161 mm.). 



General appearance: This is 

 a large frog similar to the 

 common bullfrog and varies 

 from brownish olive to bone 

 brown or blackish brown 

 above, with some prominent, 

 scattered black spots. The 

 under parts often have a net- 

 work of black, brown and 

 yellow, presenting a striking 

 heavily mottled appearance. 

 It has no dorsolateral folds. 



Structure: Large frog; no 

 dorsolateral folds; male with 

 internal vocal sacs, the in- 

 flation forming a flattened 

 pouch on throat with extra 

 inflation on either side, giving 

 the pouch a three-parted ap- 



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