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The African bullfrog is a voracious carnivore, eating insects and other invertebrates, small rodents, reptiles, small birds, fish, and other amphibians that can fit in their mouths. [ 5 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] It is also a cannibalistic species—the male African bullfrog is known for occasionally eating the tadpoles he guards, [ 11 ] and juveniles also ...
Pyxicephalus (πυξίς, pyxis = "(round) box," κεφαλή, kephalē = "head") is a genus of true frogs from Sub-Saharan Africa, commonly referred to as African bull frogs or bull frogs. [1] They are very large ( P. adspersus ) to large (remaining species) frogs, with females significantly smaller than males. [ 2 ]
The edible bullfrog is a large bodied frog in which the males typically reach 8.3–12 cm (3.3–4.7 in) in snout–to–vent length and the females 8.5–11 cm (3.3–4.3 in). [3] Exceptionally large males may even reach 13.8 cm (5.4 in), although the species does not approach the sizes attained by the related African bullfrog (P. adspersus). [4]
Researchers did not find any female Beytell’s bullfrogs or observe any mating rituals. ... DNA analysis found the new species had at least 5% genetic divergence from other African bullfrogs.
The use of the common names frog and toad has no taxonomic ... The African bullfrog ... Female frogs prefer males that produce sounds of greater intensity and lower ...
A. Acanthixalus sonjae; Acanthixalus spinosus; African bullfrog; African clawed frog; African dwarf frog; African foam-nest tree frog; Afrixalus clarkei; Afrixalus crotalus
The list follows the South African National Bioinformatics Institute listing. Amphibians are ectothermic , anamniotic , four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia . In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all tetrapods excluding the amniotes (tetrapods with an amniotic membrane , such as modern ...
Bullfrog is a common English language term to refer to large, aggressive frogs, regardless of species. ... African bullfrog (Pyxicephalus adspersus), ...