Bullfrog in our garden ???

Found in our garden early this evening. It is very large, about fist size, and seems to be all blown up and has an injury on its right foreleg. Now, a few hours later and a couple of showers from the watering can, it seems to be a bit better.

 

WOW!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

 

He's looking at you Kedi.......with loving thank you eyes.

Ribit....... Ribit.

 

Oh, Sis, he's gorgeous ... never seen one before ... just look at those blue eyes ... love from Froglet! :thumb:

 

Schweeet !

I over looked this thread earlier, I thought I had already 'read it' :D

 

Kedi it is a large frog that's for sure but a Bullfrog no, it doesn't have the large eardrum a Bullfrog has and there is the banding of the Common frog where the ear is, also it is not known in Germany. Small colonies are known in SE France, Italy and Holland through misguided introductions as they will eat anything they can get in their mouth including native frogs and newts.:(
Yours looks like a very big Common frog but there are 4/5 sub species in Europe.
Hope it hasd recovered now.

 

Thanks everyone, especially Strongy.

It is probably just as well that it is not a bullfrog, both from what you said Strongy, and what I looked up on the net a while ago.

When I looked just after posting these pics, it seemed to have perked up a bit, so I gave it another shower and put a low wall of soil around it, leaving it open in front and put a few leaves on it as flies were bothering it. A half an hour later it was still there. I'll look in the morning, too dark now.

 

Unfortunately, the poor thing died :(

He was looking better when I checked this morning and had moved to another spot, where I gave him another shower out of the watering can. When I checked again just after 1pm, he was dead.

Hubby dug a hole and I buried the poor froggie.

 

It did look bloated K, and none too healthy, shame.:(