Bullfrog


Encountered yesterday at the Edna Taylor Conservation Area. Interestingly, although bullfrogs have lungs, they perform most of their gas exchange using their oral cavity, which is why the floor of the mouth pumps up and down when you watch them at rest. They are also capable of extremely loud vocalizations; I could hear this one for hundreds of yards before I finally found him.

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