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Herpetofauna - One Life's List
Bullfrog New Florence, Missouri. Spring 1974. |
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North America's
largest frog, and a top predator in many food chains. Bullfrogs eat
anything that fits in their mouths, including other Bullfrogs, rodents,
birds, turtles, and snakes. Which is all well and good, but problems
start when people release them where they don't belong, California being a
prime example. Out West they've taken over habitat and either pushed
out the native frogs, or consumed them.
They persist and can even thrive in urban areas, taking over backyard ponds, much to some people's dismay. The Bullfrog in the top photo was captured for photos at a retention pond about a mile from my house. Like an owl's hoot or a coyote's cry-yi, the deep throaty call of the bullfrog adds dimension to a dark night, the way few things can. |
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