Common name: the Common Frog
Conservation status: Least Concern
Distribution: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Size: up to 90 mm
Description: upperside coloration grey, light-olive, brown, yellowish or rufous with triangle-shaped dark ear spots, flanks, limbs and backs are covered with dark dots; underside white or yellow
Habitat: a wide variety of damp habitats near ponds or marshes
Activity: diurnal and nocturnal
Diet: various invertebrates
Reproduction: breeding period lasts from March to June depending on location, but generally in April over the main part of their range
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- 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
- Province of Moscow, Russian Federation