Hoplobatrachus crassus

The Malabar bull frog, turkey frog, carnatic Peters frog, south Indian bullfrog, Jerdon's bullfrog, or Jerdon's bull frog (Hoplobatrachus crassus) is a species of frog. It lives in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Scientists think it might also live in Myanmar.

Body
The adult male frog is 60-90  mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 70-135 mm long. The skin of the frog's back is green or yellow with brown or black spots. The belly is white or yellow. Some frogs have a yellow stripe on their backs.

Home
This frog is awake at night. This frog lives on the ground in grasslands that are covered in water for part of the year. It also lives in dry places. The adults dig holes in the ground. People have also seen them near farms and in temporary rain pools. Scientists saw this frog between 0 and 600 meters above sea level.

Scientists believe that this frog lives in many protected areas because it lives in such a big part of the world.

Young
The male frog sits next to the water and calls to the female frogs. This frog's tadpoles kill other frogs' tadpoles and eat them.

People
People in Indian and Bangladesh catch this frog to eat.

Danger
Scientists from the IUCN say this frog is not in danger of dying out. Human beings change the places where the frog lives to make farms and places to live. People also hit the frog with cars. Scientists think people might catch too many frogs for food and medicine, but they are not sure.

References

Category:Frogs of Asia
Category:State symbols of Tamil Nadu