Bullfrog vs green frog

I think i have a bullfrog after looking at many pictures. I didn't in
a million years expect to see one here because there are no bodies of
water around here except for my 2 yr old puddle. This thing is way
bigger than the toads and i haven't seen any of my toad friends since
i saw the bullfrog. That bothers me. If it stays, what will happen
next mating season? Will it chase off the mating pairs of toads? I
didn't find any info that said b.frogs eat toads, but my tads are all
but missing and i am not seeing babies near the pond and no adults
whatsoever. And the pondmaster toad doesnt go there any more. I
liked watching him eat and he could care less if i was there or not.
Maybe i'll run it off this fall, i dont know.






On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 16:45:21 -0400, "Susan H. Simko"
wrote:

Ka30P wrote:
Congrats on your frog ;-)

This is a picture of a bullfrog
http://www.willowparkecology.com/ima...z/bullfrog.jpg

Here is a greenfrog
http://vergil.hackedtobits.com/greenfrog.jpg

The distinguishing characteristic is the ridge that starts at the
back of the
eye. Bullfrog - it curves around the eardrum, greenfrog - it runs
down the
back.

Don't forget the big difference in voice. Green frogs sound
distinctively like the twang of a banjo string.

http://www.nwf.org/frogwatchUSA/frogs_state.cfm

has a list of frogs native ot your area with audio sound clips for
each.

I find it a lot easier to distinguish my frog and toad visitors and
residents by voice.

Susan
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu