Edible bullfrog

Edible bullfrog
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Pyxicephalidae
Genus:	Pyxicephalus
Species:	P. edulis
Binomial name
	Pyxicephalus edulis; Peters, 1854
Synonyms
	Maltzania bufonia Boettger, 1881 ; Rana maltzanii Boulenger, 1882 ; Phrynopsis boulengerii Pfeffer, 1893 ; Pyxicephalus flavigula Calabresi, 1916 ; Rana bufonia (Boettger, 1881) ; Phrynopsis usambarae Ahl, 1924 ; Rana (Pyxicephalus) flavigula (Calabresi, 1916) ; Rana (Pyxicephalus) reiensis Monard, 1951 ;

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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