🐸 American bullfrog vs American toad 🐸
The American bullfrog is about twice as long as the American toad.
| Row | 🐸 American bullfrog | 🐸 American toad |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight We don't have a checked number for the American toad yet. | 1.8 lb800 g1 | no checked number yet |
| Lives The American bullfrog usually lives about 6 times as long as the American toad. | 8 to 10 years8 to 10 years1 | 1 year to 2 years1 year to 2 years2 |
| Eats The American bullfrog eats meat; the American toad eats bugs. | insects, snails, worms, small fish and other frogs | beetles, ants, slugs, worms and other small garden creatures |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | ponds, lakes and slow rivers in eastern North America, and now in other places too | gardens, fields and woods across eastern North America |
Which one? American bullfrog or American toad
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the American bullfrog or the American toad yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Risk Screening Summary (quoting GISD 2009), checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Minute Man National Historical Park, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, checked 30 October 2026.