Edible bullfrog
Pyxicephalus edulis Peters, 1854
LCLeast Concernfrogs and toads
The edible bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis) is a species in the family Pyxicephalidae, order Anura. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the edible bullfrog
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- up to 14 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- arthropods, vertebratessrc for Main food
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 900 – 3,500src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the edible bullfrog live?
Not recorded
What is the edible bullfrog?
The edible bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis), also known as the pixie frog, lesser bullfrog or Peter's bullfrog, is a large-bodied African species of frog in the family Pyxicephalidae.
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Is the edible bullfrog endangered?
The edible bullfrog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the edible bullfrog classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAmphibia
- orderAnura
- familyPyxicephalidae
- genusPyxicephalus
- SpeciesPyxicephalus edulis Peters, 1854
Synonyms Maltzania bufonia, Phrynopsis boulengerii, Phrynopsis usambarae, Pyxicephalus adspersus edulis, Pyxicephalus flavigula, Pyxicephalus maltzani, Rana adspersa edulis, Rana adspersa maltzanii, Rana bufonia, Rana flavicula, Rana flavicula, Rana maltzanii, Rana matlzanii, Rana reiensis
Other names and names in other languages (14)
- African bullfrogEnglish
- African bullfrogEnglish
- Edible frogEnglish
- Edible frogEnglish
- Lesser bull-frogEnglish
- Lesser bull-frogEnglish
- Peter's bullfrogEnglish
- Peter's bullfrogEnglish
- KleinbrulpaddaAfrikaans
- Lidzi laseAfrikaSwati
- Letlametlo la AforikaTswana
- Khutla ra AfrikaTsonga
- Ḓula muswonḓa ḽa AfurikaVenda
- Inkunzi yesele laseAfrikaZulu
Relatives of the edible bullfrog
Other species in the same genus Pyxicephalus.
African bullfrog
Pyxicephalus adspersus
Calabresi's bullfrog
Pyxicephalus obbianus
Beira bullfrog
Pyxicephalus angusticeps
Beytell's bullfrog
Pyxicephalus beytelli
CompareEdible bullfrog vs African bullfrogEdible bullfrog vs Calabresi's bullfrogEdible bullfrog vs Beira bullfrogEdible bullfrog vs Beytell's bullfrog
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
Is the edible bullfrog endangered?
The edible bullfrog is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What does the edible bullfrog eat?
Its recorded main food is arthropods and vertebrates.
What kind of animal is the edible bullfrog?
The edible bullfrog (Pyxicephalus edulis) belongs to the family Pyxicephalidae in the order Anura.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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