Giant African Bullfrog
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Amphibia
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- 20-40 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Cathemeral
- Social
- Solitary
- Biome
- Dry savanna
- Range
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Movement
- Hopping
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Camouflage
- Status
- Rare
About
The Giant African Bullfrog, also known as the pixie frog, is a massive amphibian that can grow up to 10 inches long. Unlike most frogs, it lays hundreds of eggs in the water, and the tadpoles live in the water for several years before they develop legs and lungs to live on land.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA jelly-coated egg is laid in water and develops over days into an aquatic larva.
- 2.tadpoleA gilled tadpole swims and grazes on algae, slowly absorbing its tail and growing limbs.
- 3.juvenileA near-adult amphibian leaves the water with new legs and lungs, smaller than the mature form.
- 4.adultFully grown at adult size, breathing air.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Amphibia
- Order
- Anura
- Family
- Pyxicephalidae
- Genus
- Pyxicephalus
- Species
- Pyxicephalus adspersus