Re: bullfrogs

Did know that the bullfrog is the largest frog in North America....not sure 
about it's exact native or naturalized areas, but it is an introduced species 
here and out west where it is not native and causes much harm to the native 
species, as its behavior is well explained in your posting.

Many folks have (introduce) bullfrogs in their ponds.....the frogs are 
enjoyable, sociable little critters until they are large, then everyone of them 
wants to relocate them away from their ponds....unfortunately this is usually in 
the wild.
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast


In a message dated 6/24/2003 11:06:11 PM Central Standard Time, 
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

> 
> Did you mean that the bullfrog is not native to your area? Rana 
> catesbeiana is a North American native amphibian, at least to the area 
> east of the high plains. It is our largest frog, and eats anything it 
> can get into its mouth including baby birds and (reportedly) bats! We 
> discovered this to our dismay, when DH discovered one trapped in the 
> sieve around the pump for our pond in late fall. He brought it in and 
> put it into the terrarium with our firebellied toads. Needless to say, 
> it thought it had died and gone to heaven! After one toad disappeared 
> and the others cowered and refused to come out in the open, the 
> bullfrog got his own quarters until spring!
> Cathy

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