Marsh frog | |
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A marsh frog on a white water-lily (Nymphaea alba) pad | |
Conservation status
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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 | |
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).
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