Common name: the Edible Frog
Conservation status: Least Concern
Distribution: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
Introduced to: Spain, United Kingdom
Size: up to 80 mm
Description: upperside coloration varies from green to brown and grey with dark spots and often with light line on the back. Underside light with spots.
Habitat: stagnant water habitats, such as shallow puddles, ponds, large lakes in deciduous and mixed forests, forest steppe, steppe
Activity: diurnal and nocturnal, hibernation occurs from September to May (nothern parts of its range) and from November to March (southern parts of its range)
Diet: various invertebrates
Reproduction: breeding period starts within one month after the frogs spring appearance. Eggs are laid into the water
Photo gallery:
-
- Province of Moscow, Russian Federation
-
- Province of Moscow, Russian Federation
-
- Province of Moscow, Russian Federation
-
- Province of Moscow, Russian Federation
-
- Province of Moscow, Russian Federation
You must be logged in to post a comment.