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Evergreen Brickworks Conservation Area

 

Toronto, Canada

 

The world of green is home to this bullfrog on a sunny summer day.

 

"The bullfrog varies in colour from pale green to dark greenish brown above, is creamy white below and has variable dark mottling on the back or underside. Adult males have pale to bright yellow chins during the breeding season. This species is distinguished by its very large tympani (eardrums), which are always larger than the eyes, especially in males. Bullfrogs have lateral folds but, unlike in other frog species, these folds wrap downward around the tympani rather than trailing down the back. Adult bullfrogs may grow up to 16 centimetres long. The call of this frog is deep and resonant – a vigorous, growling “jug-o-rum.”

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Uploaded on June 30, 2024
Taken on June 18, 2024