New to frogs

[Kurt]

Thank you so much for all your input. I have attached a few more photos to perhaps better identify our frog.

He sure does like to eat. We are not thrilled with the idea that he may become huge. I saw some photos of American Bullfrogs and I was taken aback. I think that he would need a much larger space than the 30 gallon aquarium we prepared.

How much can I expect him to grow each year and at what point does he become his full size? Is it a gradual thing, or can I expect him to reach maturity this year?

I am sorry about not showing my country, I could not figure out how to change that. I am in Quebec, Canada

OK first off, since you caught it behind your house in Canada, it's not a pig frog, which is native to the US deep south.

So the two possible candidates are the American bullfrog, whose range barely comes into Quebec. It is a large frog that lacks dorso-lateral ridges. In otherwords a smooth back.

The next possible candidate is the mink frog, Lithobates septentrionalis. It ranges well in to Quebec. It can have dorso-lateral ridges or not at all. They have a tendency to be spotted as well. They get their common name from the odor they produce when rubbed. They smell like a mink or rotting onions (according to the Peterson Field Guide). So rub your frog and smell it. If it smells like onions, then its not a bullfrog.

[Jace]

A frog that smells like rotting onions when you rub it....Mother Nature will never cease to amaze me. I think I would rather it be an American Bullfrog-not a rotting onion fan, personally. Mink frogs don't get as large as Bullfrogs, though, and that is a definite plus.