Giant Bullfrog

Giant Bullfrog
Pyxicephalus adspersus

The world's largest frog. Found in South Africa, Bullfrogs spend most of the year aestivating in chambers several meters underground, waiting for the rains to come. They can stay underground for several years. When it does rain, all the bullfrogs burrow up to the surface and find a pond in which to mate and lay eggs. They are named for their booming mating call which sounds like the bellowing of a bull. The males will guard the puddles in which the eggs are laid even after the tadpoles have hatched. Bullfrogs will eat anything that moves and fits into their mouths, including other frogs!