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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 ...
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 .
Pool (Pelophylax lessonae) and marsh frogs (P. ridibundus) [206] date uncertain Europe: meat, pets Captive-bred 4a Anura: Crab-eating frog (Fejervarya cancrivora) date uncertain Java: meat Captive-bred 4a Anura: Chinese edible frog (Hoplobatrachus rugulosus) and Indus Valley bullfrog (H. tigerinus) date uncertain China, Thailand: meat, pets ...
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.
The origins of the word frog are uncertain and debated. [11] The word is first attested in Old English as frogga, but the usual Old English word for the frog was frosc (with variants such as frox and forsc), and it is agreed that the word frog is somehow related to this.
This is a list of amphibian species found in the Kerala, India. Order: Anura (frogs) ... (green pond frog) Dorsal view. Lateral view. Genus: Hoplobatrachus
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The name was previously used by Frost et al. as a separate genus of ranid frogs that included most of the North American frogs traditionally included in the genus Rana, [7] including the American bullfrog and northern leopard frog. Frost used the name in this sense in the frog section of a North American common names list edited by Crother ...