#1857 · 🐸 amphibians

American Bullfrog

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Stierkikker ·Lithobates catesbeianus

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

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,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 152,987iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
152,987 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1802 (224 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.