True Frogs (Ranidae)

This group gathers Amphibians subcategory members belonging to the family Ranidae, the true frogs, one of the most widespread frog families in the world, absent naturally only from most of South America, the southern half of Africa and Antarctica. Ranid frogs typically show the athletic, long-legged body plan most people picture when they think of a frog: smooth, moist skin, powerful hind legs built for long jumps, and extensively webbed hind feet suited to strong swimming. The common frog of Europe, also called the grass frog, gathered here as a member with its own family membership explicitly on record, is among the most familiar and widely studied members of this family, breeding in still or slow water across a range stretching from Ireland to the Urals and as far north as Scandinavia.