The scientific name for the American bullfrog, named after the naturalist Mark Catesby who first documented it.
Latinized scientific name derived from Mark Catesby, the 18th-century naturalist, following the binomial nomenclature system where species are named after discoverers or notable figures using the '-iana' suffix.
Mark Catesby was honored twice in scientific naming—both a plant and this massive American frog got his name, which shows how important his 18th-century explorations and illustrations were to science!
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