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Bullfrogs and Green Frogs
American Bullfrog
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(Lithobates catesbeiana)
Size: Bullfrogs are the most giant frogs in Philadelphia, reaching 8 inches long.
Habitat: They live in marshes, ponds, and streams.
Description: Bullfrogs are olive-green to brown with darker spots on their backs and legs and large eardrums behind their eyes. Similar to a green frog but without a fold of skin running back from the ear drum. Call a deep "jug-o-rum."
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