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African Bullfrog

Pyxicaphalus adspersus

Description:

African bullfrog

Habitat:

Botswana Africa

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AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago
African Bullfrog
Pyxicephalus adspersu African bullfrog


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3 Comments

LisaPowers
LisaPowers 8 years ago

Project Noah Fact of the Day: Found throughout parts of Africa, the African bullfrog, aka pixie frog, can get quite large with adult males weighing from 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) to as much as 2 kg (4.4 lb). It inhabits dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, intermittent freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and canals and ditches. It is a voracious predator that sometimes cannibalizes its own young,

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_bu...

Check out this short video on African bullfrogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqMhEn_P...

African Bullfrog (Pyxicaphalus adspersus) spotted in Botswana by PN member john.fermanis.sr.

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KarthikAk
KarthikAk 8 years ago

Thats huge!!

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

You put this is found in Africa, but your map shows Florida. If you are having problems with moving the location (this happens with some users), let us know and we can help you out! Thanks :)

john.fermanis.sr
Spotted by
john.fermanis.sr

Kweneng District, Botswana

Spotted on Feb 14, 2010
Submitted on Feb 17, 2014

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