🐾 American Bullfrog

Lithobates catesbeianus · wildlife atlas entry

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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,... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

American Bullfrog — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Jag Athwal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jag Athwal · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Lithobates catesbeianus
Rank	species
Community observations	152,983 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Amphibia › order Anura › family Ranidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

American Bullfrog photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2016-07-11 · Glacial Drumlin State Trail, Lake Mills, WI, US
(c) Jacob Roeglin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American Bullfrog photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-08 · Elliott Rd, Hilliard, OH, US
(c) BlueJ.Farm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American Bullfrog photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-11 · Troy Wetlands, Geauga County, OH, USA
(c) lastur_w, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American Bullfrog photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · South Lake Tahoe, CA, US
(c) Lauren, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

American Bullfrog photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · 37th St, New York, NY, US
(c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

American Bullfrog photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Arcadia, CA, US
(c) Ash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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