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The African Pyxie Frog/African Bullfrog

By: Charlotte Spies

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Parasitism

  • Some animals that the African bullfrog eats has parasites, which can transfer over into the African Bullfrog's body.

Food Web

Food Web

  • This frog eats insects, small rodents, and small birds.
  • It occasionally eats the tadpoles that it guards.
  • Things that eat an African Bullfrog:
  • Turtles (tadpoles)
  • Alligators, Crocodiles, Coyotes eat a turtle
  • Monitor Lizards (tadpoles)
  • Birds (adults)
  • Falcons, Owls, and eagles eat small birds and bobcats eat birds.
  • Humans hunt them

Unique Adaptations

  • It has toothlike projections on it's lower jaw to restrain struggling prey.
  • This frog can hibernate in a mucus sac for 7 years.
  • Once the rainy season ends it burrows 6-8 inches into the ground and seals in a mucus membrane.

Description

The African Pyxie Frog's toothlike projections on its lowerjaw.

  • It is the second largest frog in the world
  • They are from South Africa
  • A male has a yellow throat and the females is cream
  • Males measures up to 9.5 inches
  • Females measure up to 4.5 inches
  • Can weigh over two kilograms
  • Has olive-green bumpy skin
  • Only it's hind toes are webbed
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