American Bullfrog Tadpole (Rana catesbeiana)

American Bullfrog Tadpole (Rana catesbeiana) Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Phil Degginger / Alamy Stock Photo

Image ID:

BN0EET

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60.2 MB (1.8 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5616 x 3744 px | 47.5 x 31.7 cm | 18.7 x 12.5 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

30 May 2010

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The tadpole is the wholly aquatic larval stage in the life cycle of an amphibian. This on is an American Bullfrog Tadpole (Rana catesbeiana), often simply known as the Bullfrog in the United States, is an aquatic frog, a member of the family Ranidae, or "true frogs", native to much of North America. This is a frog of larger, permanent water bodies, swamps, ponds, lakes, where it is usually found along the water's edge. On rainy nights, bullfrogs along with many other amphibians, go overland and may be seen in numbers on country roads.