On the other side of the Atlantic, it rains frogs. It’s a sentiment that worries officials in the U.S. state of Utah, who have called on people to fight back against the bullfrog invasion. Seen a few days ago BFM TVThe Utah Department of Natural Resources is using National Invasive Species Awareness Week to remind residents they can catch as many as they want.
Also: They invite people A message was posted on social networking site Twitter, to eat this invasive species, a priori “very good”. In response, some Internet users ask how to capture, kill or cook them. Some say they have never seen this species in their part of the state. Part of Utah may be covered in snow right now.
An official from the Utah Department of Natural Resources then explains to the site Fox Weather “These bullfrogs will eat anything and everything, including snakes, fish, toads and mice”. Lithobates catesbeianus, from its scientific name, can weigh up to 600 grams. Much larger than the classic frogs.
Also considered invasive in France
Green or brown in color with brown spots, this frog has been classified as an invasive alien species in France since February 2018. It has few predators in the pools and ponds it prefers.
“It is found in Aquitaine, in the east-central part of France. It is plausible that he has arrived in Île-de-France, and it will be very intense,” predicts the Parisian biologist Emmanuel Sarat, coordinator. EEE Resource Center, an organization led by the French Office for Biodiversity and the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Many communities in the Southwest are also taking steps to combat its growth.
It is capable of transmitting dangerous pathologies to other amphibians. He would have come to France in 1968 after being brought voluntarily from America for an ornamental pond in the Gironde. Invasive Alien Species Resource Center.
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