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Bullfrogs observed in vernal ponds are not breeding, but feeding and rehydrating as they pass through the landscape.
Bullfrogs seem to prefer large ponds and lakes where the shore is shaded by hydrophilic trees and shrubs and the water has numerous aquatic plants for refuge (Dickerson 1906).
Bullfrogs typically have a green to greenish brown dorsum and a yellowish venter.
www.uri.edu /cels/nrs/paton/LH_bullfrog.html   (1972 words)

  
 Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana
Bullfrogs were listed as a species of Special Concern due to their limited natural range in Minnesota, however, natural populations have shown little fluctuation and there are now introduced populations.
Bullfrogs are active day and night, although movement along water courses usually occurs at night and overland movements often take place on rainy nights.
Bullfrogs are voracious and eat anything they can fit into their mouths.
www.herpnet.net /Minnesota-Herpetology/frogs_toads/Bull_frog.html   (686 words)

  
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 Bullfrogs: Introduced Predators in Southwestern Wetlands
These populations are in areas not occupied by bullfrogs in habitats that may dry too frequently for non-native predators (personal observations), as seen in native frogs of the central valley of California (Hayes and Jennings 1988).
All of the larger, older Mexican garter snakes have damaged tails from repeated bullfrog bites, and the largest and oldest one was found dying in 1993 with gross inflammation of the tail.
It is notable that the checkered garter snake, with an evolutionary background of geographical overlap with bullfrogs, succeeds with introduced bullfrogs in the West.
biology.usgs.gov /s+t/noframe/x188.htm   (1667 words)

  
 ADW: Rana catesbeiana: Information
Bullfrogs occasionally invade fish hatchery ponds and their larvae are caught along with the fishes that are routinely stocked in ponds.
Bullfrogs do well with changes in the environment that have occured due to human modification, and are becoming increasingly common in areas modified by humans.
Bullfrogs have evolved mechanisms to avoid predation by fish, such as less palatable eggs and tadpoles, and tadpoles that are not active much of the time, which reduces their exposure to predators.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Rana_catesbeiana.html   (1306 words)

  
 Bullfrog
Bullfrogs have large eardrums behind the eye, and this is how to tell the male from the females.
Bullfrogs are voracious eaters (they eat a lot), and will eat just about any animal they can swallow.
Bullfrogs are frequently used for medical research, because their body systems are similar to higher animals.
www.fcps.k12.va.us /StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpages/bullfrog.htm   (452 words)

  
 Animal Bytes - Bullfrog
Bullfrogs are capable of leaping 1 to 2 m (3-6 ft).
Bullfrogs are territorial and protect their territories by calls, displays, chases, jump attacks, and even wrestling.
Bullfrogs have teeth in the roof of their mouth and a muscular tongue capable of flipping prey into their mouth.
www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordates/craniata/amphibia/anura/bull-frog.htm   (396 words)

  
 Bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The bullfrog is Iowa's largest frog species reaching 8 inches in body length and over a foot long with legs outstretched.
The natural range of the bullfrog in Iowa is along the Mississippi River in the eastern part of the state and in southern Iowa.
Bullfrogs are active in April, but they do not breed until June through July.
www.herpnet.net /Iowa-Herpetology/amphibians/frogs_toads/bullfrog.html   (741 words)

  
 Bullfrog - DesertUSA
Bullfrogs occupy permanent freshwater habitats such as ponds, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, marshes, stock ponds, ditches and irrigation canals.
Bullfrogs generally sit and wait for a meal to pass or land nearby.
Some researchers think that the introduced bullfrogs may have made a significant impact on native frog populations in the West, but while the bullfrogs undeniably feed on native frogs, other researchers believe that introduced fish species may have made an even greater impact on the native frogs.
www.desertusa.com /mag00/oct/papr/frog.html   (815 words)

  
 Bullfrog: Nature Snapshots from Minnesota DNR: Minnesota DNR
The largest frog in Minnesota, bullfrogs are sometimes seen in or around wetlands, ponds and lakes--especially in the far southeastern portion of the state.
Bullfrogs begin to breed in wetlands, ponds, and shallow lakes between age four and eight.
A female bullfrog may lay 2,000 to 25,000 eggs on the surface of the water after mating.
www.dnr.state.mn.us /snapshots/frogs_toads/bullfrog.html   (229 words)

  
 Bullfrog Productions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bullfrog Productions was a UK computer game developer that was founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux, and was one of the entrepreneurs of video gaming.
Electronic Arts, Bullfrog's publisher, acquired the studio in January 1995.
The last titles to bear the Bullfrog logo were published in 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bullfrog_Productions   (187 words)

  
 Bullfrogs
The North American bullfrog must live in water and is therefore usually found near some source of water, such as a lake, pond, river, or bog.
A bullfrog may bury itself in the mud and construct a small cave-like structure under the water for the winter.
Sound file of the bullfrog's call and picture of the bullfrog are included with the permission of Howard Towner, Biology Department, Loyola Marymount University.
www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us /Wetlands/Frogs/Bullfrog.html   (400 words)

  
 American Bullfrog
Bullfrogs vary in color from brownish to shades of green, often with spots or blotches of a darker color on the back.
Bullfrogs are abundant in their native habitat and play an important role in insect control.
The primary predators of bullfrogs are fish, although a variety of birds, mammals, snakes, crustaceans, and insects prey on these frogs and their tadpoles.
www.aqua.org /animals_americanbullfrog.html   (469 words)

  
 Robyn's Frog Species Page
The bullfrog tadpole is said to have a ridge of skin that runs from behind the eye to over the eardrum and ending at the base of the front legs.
Bullfrog head closeup, huge male, in the shallows of 1800 gallon pond on 7/5/02.
Bullfrog from a distance to show relative size, male, in 1800 gallon pond, 7/5/02.
www.fishpondinfo.com /frog2.htm   (5299 words)

  
 Bullfrog - Nevada Ghost Town
The initial discoveries that resulted in the towns Bullfrog and Rhyolite occurred on August 4, 1904.
The entire tent town of Amargosa City, which was located near the original Bullfrog mine, moved to the Bullfrog townsite in March 1905.
Bullfrog’s last status symbol, its now vacant hotel, burned to the ground on June 25, 1906.
www.ghosttowns.com /states/nv/bullfrog.html   (260 words)

  
 bullgreen
They frequent a variety of bodies of water, from vernal pools to lakes, although their eggs are most often laid in permanent bodies of water.  This is important as the tadpoles can take up to two years to develop.
The Bullfrog is our largest frog. ; They inhabitat ponds and lakes where they very often become the kings and queens of their domain.
Their tadpoles grow very large and can reach the size of a small egg. ; They can sometimes take up to three years to develop.  The eggs are laid by the thousands in a thin sheet on the surface of the water.
ctamp.homestead.com /bullgreen.html   (164 words)

  
 Frogs of New England : The Bullfrog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bullfrog tadpoles are olive-green, long tadpoles with dots on the head, body and tail.
Bullfrogs are widely spread out over the eastern and central US, and although their limit is generally the Nebraska/Texas area, populations have been found in Colorado and New Mexico.
Bullfrogs are aquatic and can be found in almost any permanent water body, such as lakes, ponds, rivers, marshes, swamps, etc. Bullfrogs can usually be found on the bank or along the water's edge.
library.thinkquest.org /11034/bullfrog.htm   (310 words)

  
 The Natural History and Care of the African Bullfrog
The African Bullfrog (Pyxiecephalus adspersus) is one of the largest frogs in Africa.
The inner toes of the hind legs have a callus that is sharp and tough, it is used for digging.
Male bullfrogs have a bright yellow throat and the throat of the female is cream color.
www.anapsid.org /bullfrog.html   (674 words)

  
 Invading Bullfrogs Appear Nearly Unstoppable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
On wildlife refuges in Arizona where Schwalbe studies the amphibian, bullfrogs have nearly eliminated the Mexican garter snake and the Chiricahua leopard frog.
According to biologists, bullfrogs began their leap around the world in 1898, when they were imported to California to satiate a consumer appetite for frog legs.
Bullfrog tadpoles are also less palatable to [Arizona's] native and most non-native fish than the native tadpoles, according to Phil Rosen.
news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/09/0928_040928_bullfrog.html   (555 words)

  
 "Jug-o-Rum: Call of the Amorous Bullfrog" 8 Jun 1986 (Piedmont Naturalist)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The Bullfrog was originally found throughout temperate North America east of the Rocky Mountains, but connoisseurs of frog legs have stocked them into ponds, lakes, and large rivers in the west.
Bullfrogs in the northern United States breed when the water temperatures are up to about 70 degrees--as late as July in some cases--but in our Piedmont ponds females may lay egg masses as early as February.
Bullfrogs have big mouths, and although they consume mostly large insects, they are known to take mice, crayfish, other frogs, and small snakes.
www.hiltonpond.org /PNBullfrog860608.html   (1107 words)

  
 Common names: Bullfrog, American Bullfrog
Ecological Role:  invasive species of frogs, including bullfrogs, are detrimental to populations of native species (8).
As it consumes a wide variety of animals and insects, its main ecological role is in controlling populations of insect pests and, where abundant, other animals such as snakes and mice to control their populations (5).
Control Method:  The problem with bullfrogs is that introducing new species, as predators into ecosystems will allow those to evolve with enhanced mechanisms to survive.
web.uvic.ca /enweb/courses/318/Assignment3/cbrat.htm   (877 words)

  
 Welcome To Bullfrog Spas of Bozeman
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 Bullfrog
Frog is sort of a dialect of Bullfrog; it's pretty much the same thing, except that Frog does have conditional jumps.
Bullfrog is sort of a cross between FORTH and assembly language.
But because operators can produce only result, one or the other always gets thrown away, and if you want to use both, you have to divide twice, which is a big waste of time, because division is such a slow operation.
members.tripod.com /rkusnery/bullfrog.html   (923 words)

  
 Bullfrog: Bullfrog: Pitchfork Record Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bullfrog, a Canadian band gaining crazy-style exposure thanks to their turntablist, Eric "Kid Koala" San, would seem to fit into this latter category.
Try though they might to capture the spirit of their live performances, the generally lackluster nature of Bullfrog's self-titled debut proves that the band just isn't the same without an audience to play to.
Maybe the future will bring us a proper live album from this band, but in the meantime, potential listeners would be better suited holding their breath till the band rolls into town.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/15746/Bullfrog_Bullfrog   (773 words)

  
 Terms & Conditions - Bullfrog Pond Supplies
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 Bullfrog Power Home Page - 100% Green Electricity
Bullfrog Power is the first 100% green electricity retailer in Ontario.
Bullfrog Power is the only electricity retailer in Ontario that buys power exclusively from wind and low-impact hydro generators who meet or exceed the federal government's Environmental Choice Program EcoLogo standard for renewable electricity.
When you sign up for Bullfrog Power, your electricity dollars will go to clean, renewable electricity producers who are displacing polluting and CO2-emitting electricity production on the grid.
www.bullfrogpower.com   (209 words)

  
 American Bullfrog
The bullfrog was first introduced to California in 1895 for its meaty legs and to augment the declining native red-legged frog, whose populations were already suffered from overharvesting.
The bullfrog is responsible for the disappearance of many native species of frog and fish throughout the world.
Bullfrog prey includes earthworms, insects, small snakes, turtles, birds, and mammals.
natureali.org /bullfrog.htm   (383 words)

  
 The Living Edens "Bullfrog"
During Etosha's dry season, the African bullfrog lies dormant in a burrow beneath the ground.
Male bullfrogs have been known to grow to almost eight inches in size.
When a bullfrog is roused, it's a sight for sore eyes and a sound for the ears, too.
www.pbs.org /edens/etosha/bullfrog.htm   (127 words)

  
 GameSpy: Bullfrog Productions Company Profile
Founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux, both keen game players, Bullfrog was created as a small group of like-minded game enthusiasts aiming to produce original computer games that offered something a little more cerebral and challenging than many of the simplistic arcade style games available at the time.
Bullfrog's first product was just that as Populous became one of the most famous games in software history and is credited with creating an entirely new genre of computer game in 1989 - the 'god game'.
The Bullfrog name has been retained, however, as a branding tool for certain titles that are extensions of the company's established franchises.
www.gamespy.com /company/025/025244.html   (310 words)

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