Found bullfrog with badly injured back leg, missing skin, HELP?

[herpdoc]

I'm no vet but these ulcerations look awfully like what you see with ranavirus infection and in fact you can see some areas developing on the back. I don't think you should release her (it's a female bullfrog). Bullfrogs are known to be carriers of ranavirus and generally tolerate it better than other species (like woodfrogs).

[mollywog]

I'm no vet but these ulcerations look awfully like what you see with ranavirus infection and in fact you can see some areas developing on the back. I don't think you should release her (it's a female bullfrog). Bullfrogs are known to be carriers of ranavirus and generally tolerate it better than other species (like woodfrogs).

Sorry that I haven't been on in so long! Thank you for sexing her for me! The skin on her leg has almost completely grown back and healed up. The spots that were sores tend to get red and angry when I mess with her a bit to clean her cage and she gets stressed out, but otherwise she seems to be almost totally mended. Would this be possible were it ranavirus? Thank you!

And if it is ranavirus, would it be harmful to keep her as a pet? I imagine I would need much larger than the ten-gallon tank she's currently in?

[LilyPad]

That's great that she is healing up! If you want to get her tested without running her to the vet, you can do that through this company - http://www.vetdna.com/test-type/reptiles

You can read more about Ranavirus here - http://www.************.com/threats/...rus/index.html

And yes, you would need a larger tank. I do not own them myself, but hopefully someone who does or is knowledgeable about them will jump on and help you out