The American Bullfrog: a large, loud, frog found around Woodhavens’ lakes and wetlands. As the largest frog native to Illinois, they are fairly common and average 3 ½” to 6” in length. They are typically found along the water’s edge and are very wary; making a quick jump into the water if you get to close. In late April through August, you might here the low, loud “br-wum” or “jug-o-rum” bellow of the male bullfrog defending its territory. Female bullfrogs can lay up to 20,000 eggs in the water which will hatch into tadpoles within a week. They stay in the water for 14 months before fully growing into adult frogs. Bullfrogs are omnivores meaning they will eat anything they can catch and swallow! Mostly they eat insects and crustaceans like crayfish. There are many predators to the bullfrog including raccoons, herons, snakes, fish, and people! Bullfrogs are also great jumpers, leaping as far as 6 feet! Frogs are an interesting animal; they are amphibians that spend part of their life in water and part on land. Frogs actually breathe through their skin which is a good reason for us to leave them be. Anything that might be on our hands can be absorbed into their bodies when we touch them and could make them very sick. The American bullfrog is easy to identify by its size, its sound, and the large circle near its eye which is the eardrum.