This is a closeup of a female Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) that was breeding in an ephemeral pool (vernal pool). A male was gripping this female so hard during amplexus (copulation grip) that he actually eviscerated the female with his right front leg. This female escaped the male’s grip and crawled up onto the bank where I found her and took this photograph.
A Bullfrog hides among some aquatic plants waiting for something to eat, to wonder too close. Its ear (tympanic membrane), which appears as a circular disk, is very obvious directly behind its eye. The American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus), is also known as: bullfrog, common bullfrog; Grenouille-taureau; Grenouille-taureau; Rana toro; jug o´rum; North American bullfrog; ouaouaron; Amerikanischer Ochsenfrosch; Nordamerikanischer Ochsenfrosch; Ochsenfrosch; ushigaeru; ウシガエル; rá touro; rã-touro.
