Marsh frog
| Marsh frog | |
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| A marsh frog on a white water-lily (Nymphaea alba) pad | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Cless: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Faimily: | Ranidae |
| Genus: | Pelophylax |
| Species: | P. ridibundus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771)
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| Synonyms | |
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Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771[2] | |
The marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is the lairgest frog native tae Europe an belangs tae the faimily o true frogs. It is very seemilar in appearance tae the closely relatit edible frog an pool frog. These three species, now again in the genus Pelophylax, are eften referred tae as "green frogs" tae distinguish them frae the mair terrestrial European Rana species, which are kent as "broun frogs" (best exemplified bi the common frog Rana temporaria).
References
eedit- ↑ Sergius Kuzmin, David Tarkhnishvili, Vladimir Ishchenko, Tatjana Dujsebayeva, Boris Tuniyev, Theodore Papenfuss, Trevor Beebee, Ismail H. Ugurtas, Max Sparreboom, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Ahmad Mohammed Mousa Disi, Steven Anderson, Mathieu Denoël, Franco Andreone (2009). "Pelophylax ridibundus". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 24 Julie 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
|last-author-amp=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors leet (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) - ↑ Frost, Darrel R. (2013). "Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771)". Amphibian Species of the World 5.6, an Online Reference. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 24 Julie 2013.