Friday, January 7, 2022

Jerdon's Bull Frog (Hoplobatrachus crassus)

Jerdon's Bull Frog is one of the largest frogs  in Sri Lanka, inhabiting paddy fields, marshlands, tanks, rivers, drains and such other aquatic habitats. It also found on land close to water bodies, especially during the night. Common and widely distributed in all climatic zones from sea level to about 600 m elevations. Jerdon's Bull Frog is mostly active during the rainy season and hides inside cracks in earth, dried ponds and other water bodies, holes in rivers and stream banks, underneath logs and stones, etc. during the dry season. 

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