Ranidae Xenopus laevis Pelophylax bedriagae
Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
American Bullfrog, Common Bullfrog, Bullfrog

= Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802

L. catesbeianus (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Fregene (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)


Distribution:
Eastern North America, except southern Florida, north to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, southern Quebec, and southern Ontario (Canada), west to the central plains and south to Veracruz (Mexico); introduced on Cuba, Isla de Juventud (= Isla de Pinos), Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and Jamaica in the Antilles; introduced widely in the rest of the world including the Netherlands, Italy, Java, Japan, southern and western Mexico, northern Thailand, and Taiwan (China)

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