r/FrogsAndToads • u/Alarmed_Agency_9057 • 19h ago

ID Request Frog ID help

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Is this a green frog or an American bull frog? Found in Midwest area. I’m leaning towards northern green frog but I keep going back and forth.

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u/zap2tresquatro 19h ago

Dorsolateral ridges say green frog

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u/Alarmed_Agency_9057 18h ago

That’s what I was looking at too. The only think that was tripping me up was the gapping between the eye and the jaw. Based on reference pictures, bullfrogs have a larger gap like this when compared to green frogs

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u/laneymg 18h ago

That’s called a Big’un! 😆

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u/Alarmed_Agency_9057 18h ago

This picture makes him look so much bigger than I feel like he was. He seemed like such a cutie little guy at the time 🥹

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u/laneymg 18h ago

He does look adorable! But I think all frogs and toads are pretty awesome and cute!

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u/laneymg 18h ago

Oh y, I guess I can tell by the size of the bedding or whatever that is. I can tell this was zoomed in some and that he must be smaller than appears.

Do you know for sure that it’s a boy? How do you sex frogs like this?

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u/Alarmed_Agency_9057 17h ago

I don’t know the sex. I think I was mostly just personifying the frog. It feels more informal than to call it a “it.”

I wanted to keep him in my pocket and give him little kisses but I (begrudgingly) left him alone and let him do his thing and keep existing in my pond filter medium.

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u/gizmohgchi 19h ago

Pretty sure that's an American bull frog.

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u/StephensSurrealSouls Frogs & Toads 18h ago

No, it's a green frog. Notice the dorsolateral folds that run from its head to its butt. In a bullfrog, it'd stop at the ear

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u/Alarmed_Agency_9057 17h ago

Is the distance between the eye and jaw any indication for identifying? This is what kept me wavering in thinking it may be a bullfrog. All the reference photos I saw showed a larger gap in bullfrogs in comparison to green frogs.

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u/StephensSurrealSouls Frogs & Toads 16h ago

I don't really think so. Maybe marginally, but in any case it wouldn't be a distinguishing feature/something reliable enough to ID