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Male Rana temporaria calling in a garden pond in Jambes, Belgium. The common frog or grass frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic true frog, European pond frog or European brown frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as ...
Frost [3] restricted Rana to the Old World true frogs and the Eurasian brown and pond frogs of the common frog R. temporaria group, [4] although other authors disagreed with this arrangement. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 2 ] [ 7 ] In 2016, a consortium of Rana researchers from throughout Europe, Asia, and North America revised the group, and reported that the ...
Pelophylax nigromaculatus (formerly Rana nigromaculata), is a species of true frog found in East Asia, first described in 1861.This widespread and common frog has many common names, including dark-spotted frog, black-spotted pond frog, and black-spotted frog.
Common mist frog (Litoria rheocola), a frog in the family Ranidae native to northeastern Queensland, Australia; Common parsley frog (Pelodytes punctatus), a frog in the family Pelodytidae found France, Spain, Portugal and a small part of Northwestern Italy (Piemont and Liguria) Common puddle frog (Occidozyga laevis), a frog in the family ...
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Most of the frogs belonging to this group are listed under the least concern section of the IUCN red list. However, there is a significant percentage of these frogs listed as data deficient, endangered, or critically endangered. Like most other amphibians, the frogs listed in this group can be particularly vulnerable to environmental change.
“We recommend Thao’s Tree Frog as the English common name and Ếch cây thảo as the Vietnamese common name.” The frog, scientific name Zhangixalus thaoae, joins nine other tree frogs from ...
Eldredgeops rana fossils. Eldredgeops rana can be recognized by its large eyes (which remind some observers of a frog's eyes—the specific name rana is a reference to a common frog), its fairly large size (up to 6 inches long), and its habit of rolling up into a ball like a pill bug ("volvation").