🐸 American bullfrog vs Goliath frog 🐸
The goliath frog is about twice as long as the American bullfrog. The goliath frog weighs about 4 times as much as the American bullfrog.
| Row | 🐸 American bullfrog | 🐸 Goliath frog |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The goliath frog weighs about 4 times as much as the American bullfrog. | 1.8 lb800 g1 | 7.3 lb3.3 kg2 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the goliath frog yet. | 8 to 10 years8 to 10 years1 | no checked number yet |
| Eats Both eat meat. | insects, snails, worms, small fish and other frogs | insects, freshwater crabs and other small animals |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | ponds, lakes and slow rivers in eastern North America, and now in other places too | fast rivers and waterfalls in the rainforests of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea in Africa |
Which one? American bullfrog or goliath frog
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the American bullfrog or the goliath frog 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.
- Federal Register (US Fish and Wildlife Service), checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, checked 30 October 2026.