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Rana (derived from Latin rana, meaning 'frog') is a genus of frogs commonly known as the Holarctic true frogs, pond frogs or brown frogs. Members of this genus are found through much of Eurasia and western North America. Many other genera were formerly included here.
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 ...
The spring peeper is a tan or brown frog with a dark cross on its dorsa (thus the Latin name crucifer, meaning cross-bearer [7]), though sometimes the marking may be indistinct. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Dark lines can also be found between the eyes and in a crossband on the hindlimbs of P. crucifer . [ 10 ]
Pickerel frogs typically emerge from hibernation around mid April with the majority of the frogs arriving at breeding ponds by early May. No fall reproduction has been reported for this species. [13] At the ponds, pickerel frogs are usually observed in large groups in the water. [14] Mating behavior is not much different from other ranids.
Euphlyctis hexadactylus, also known as the green pond frog, Indian green frog, and Indian five-fingered frog, is a common species of aquatic frog found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The nominal taxon likely represents a species complex .
1.9.3 Ghatixalus magnus (large-sized Ghat tree frog) 1.9.3.1 Ghatixalus asterops (Ghat tree frog) ... (green pond frog) Dorsal view. Lateral view. Genus: Hoplobatrachus
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Pelophylax is a genus of true frogs widespread in Eurasia, with a few species ranging into northern Africa. This genus was erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 to accommodate the green frogs of the Old World, which he considered distinct from the brown pond frogs of Carl Linnaeus' genus Rana.