At any other time during the year, the Indian Bullfrog roam alone and have a varied dull olive green-brown appearance, camouflaging well with their immediate surroundings.
When the rain comes down, their breeding season begins, and the males, now yellow, with two blue vocal sacs, set out in search of females, that are generally larger. If you find a big congregation of adults, with the yellow males on top of dull-looking females in and around water bodies around this time, you know what they’re upto.
Classified under the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Least Concern category, it is one of the most familiar and abundant frogs of South and South-East Asia, and also the largest frog found in the Indian Subcontinent. They can be identified by the pointed snout and long hind limbs, which help them jump.... See more
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