Is this a baby Bullfrog? (Picture Included)...and some more frog questions?

Question

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I just caught my dogs messing with this out back and decided I would keep it and show it to my twin 2 year old boys when they wake up tomorrow. Is this a bullfrog? I'm not a frog expert, I've ate their legs before but that's about it...And also, what do these eat? I have a bunch of flies and mosquitoes hanging around my house that I want to kill and feed to him/her...is that OK? Right now I have it in a tupperware dish with a little bit of water...and holes in the lid so it can breath.

Answer 1

I really can't tell.A lot of frogs look alike when they are young.But it probably won't eat dead insects. Generally,frogs like their food to move.It will be fine without food until you release it tomorrow.

Answer 2

ya its a baby bullfrog because the eyes

Answer 3

It looks like a young leopard frog to me. You can try to feed it some insects, but chances are it is so freaked out that it won't eat. It would be best to let it go rather than keep it for more than just overnight. Make it a fun excursion for your twins - help them understand that wild animals live most happily in the wild. Let's help him find his way back home.

Answer 4

yupp that is deff a leopard frog u got there and i use to catch them things all the time when i was younger and you can just put live flies and what ever in with it to eat but they have to be alive they wont eat them dead.....hoipe i helped

Answer 5

I may be drinking a bit, but that looks a lot like a rattlesnake.  Beware!

Answer 6

It is neither a bullfrog nor a leopard frog. It is a green frog, Rana clamitans. It will probably not eat anything you kill; they like live food. No problem, though. They can go a day without food. [It wouldn't hurt me either, but that's another story.]

Answer 7

Oikos is right, it is a Green frog. It is distinguished from the bullfrog by the presence of abbreviated dorsolateral ridges, and a darker coloration. They do not grow as large as bullfrogs.

If you keep it, it will require a large, escape proof aquarium. This species is semi-aquatic, so you will have to devise a half land, half water environment.

They eat any live, moving prey that will fit in their mouths. If you have not kept frogs before, you will probably tire of it eventually.