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American Bullfrog
Aquarana catesbeiana (Shaw, 1802)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Amphibia - amphibians »  order Anura »  family Ranidae - frogs »  genus Aquarana

Scientific synonyms

Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802
Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
Novirana catesbeiana (Shaw, 1802)
Aquarana catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)
Rana catesbyana (misspelling) m
Rana conspersa LeConte, 1855
Rana mugicus (misspelling) m
Rana mugiens Merrem, 1820
Rana nantaiwuensis Hsü, 1930
Rana scapularis Harlan, 1826

Other names

= Bullfrog

Least Concern LC  as Aquarana catesbeianus

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Intertaxon relationships

predator: Lontra canadensis (von Schreber, 1776) - Northern River Otter

alien species

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [58565]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Aquarana catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Frost D. R.: Amphibian Species of the World [https://amphibiansoftheworld.amnh.org/], American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA [as Lithobates catesbeianus (Shaw, 1802)]
Data retrieved on: 22 January 2011
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
CZ Moravec J. (2001): České názvy živočichů IV. Obojživelníci (Amphibia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 148 pp. [as Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802]
EN Stephan Gollasch and Stefan Nehring (2006): National checklist for aquatic alien species in Germany, Aquatic invasions, Volume 1, Issue 4: 245-269 [as Rana catesbeiana Shaw, 1802]

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Explanations

m misspelling

i species introduced to area described by check-list