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Levant water frog
Levant water frog at Saint Raphael Lake, Gozo, Malta
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Anura
Family:
Ranidae
Genus:
Pelophylax
Species:
P. bedriagae
Binomial name
Pelophylax bedriagae
(Camerano, 1882)
Synonyms
Rana bedriagae Camerano, 1882
The Levant water frog or Bedriaga's frog (Pelophylax bedriagae), formerly belonging to the genus Rana, is a southern European species of frog. They are green to brown in color with dark blotches on their dorsal side. They are cousins of the aquatic frogs and live most of the time in the water. They are not poisonous and are quite large, especially the females. It has been introduced in some countries where it was not native, one of which is Malta. First kept as a pet, then recently during the 1990s, it was deliberately introduced to a number of fresh water rock pools in Gozo, where in one it sustains a large population. Though a prolific and invasive species, it is restricted to constant fresh water supply, so it cannot spread naturally on its own on arid Mediterranean islands.
^IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Pelophylax bedriagae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T58893474A173829632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T58893474A173829632.en. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
The Levantwaterfrog or Bedriaga's frog (Pelophylax bedriagae), formerly belonging to the genus Rana, is a southern European species of frog. They are...
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