Bullfrog Travel Bug

To visit as many caches as possible and to catch a fly or two along the way.

Here we go again!  This TB has been missing for over a year for a second time so I am giving it a new life.  It has been replaced with a wooden tag with the same tracking number and a photo tag of the Bullfrog TB that was replaced by Trackables by Exman to enable it to travel again.  The Bullfrog has picked up a buddy in the process.

(This TB was missing for over a year and has been replaced with the help of “Free replacement tags for missing Trackables by Exman.”  A new life has been issued allowing this TB to travel again.)This TB is now a Porcupine Ball Frog attached to Exman's wooden nickel.

The Bullfrog is the largest frog in North America.  The females grow larger than the males and can grow to eight inches.  Bullfrogs vary in color from dark olive to pale green above and from white to cream underneath.  They often have dark gray mottling on their back legs.

Bullfrogs have large eardrums behind the eye and this is how to tell the male from the females.  Males have larger eardrums which will be bigger than the eye.  Females have smaller eardrums which will be the same size or smaller than the eye.

Bullfrogs are solitary animals and are very territorial.  They rarely meet except to fight over territory or mate.  Bullfrogs mate in the Spring.  Bullfrog females lay up to 20,000 eggs in huge sheets attached to plants under the water.  The eggs taste bad to most predators which gives them some protection.  Eggs hatch into tadpoles which grow to four to six inches before turning into frogs.

Adult bullfrogs always stay near water.  They live in ponds, lakes, and streams with slow-moving water.  They hang out on banks or at the waters edge.  If frightened, they may jump in the water or hide in plants on the shore.  Bullfrogs like to ambush their prey and hide among tall plants such as cattails or among lilypads.  Bullfrogs are good swimmers, kicking out with their strong hind legs.  They are helped by their webbed hind feet.  They hibernate in the winter, usually burying themselves in mud. 

Bullfrogs have a deep, loud call which can be heard up to a quarter of a mile.  Many a camper has fallen asleep listening to the sound of the Bullfrog's croak.