sometimes known as the edible frog or African giant bullfrog. Males of this species can grow to be six to ten inches long, ...

Recent research has also found that introduced bullfrogs frequently carry a fungus that is deadly to other frog species. The presence of bullfrogs in a water body will often result in the death of ...

The African bullfrog lives in the savanna of Africa, where it gets very hot and dry. When a frog is out of the water, mucus on its skin helps it breathe by dissolving oxygen from the air.

Meanwhile, nonnative predators like bullfrogs, fishes and crayfish feast on the frog and fungal disease and global forces — from elevated ultraviolet radiation to pesticides to climate change — also ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech and their colleagues collected 60 juvenile bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbieanus) from a pond in Virginia where the fungus had previously been detected. The team sampled the ...