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Common Frog (Rana temporaria)

Amphibians

Common Frog, also called the grass frog or European common frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, though largely absent from most of the Iberian Peninsula, southern Italy and the southern Balkans; it ranges as far west as Ireland and is also found across Asia eastward to Japan. The nominate subspecies, Rana temporaria temporaria, is a largely terrestrial frog distributed throughout northern Europe.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Carnivore 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

System (Realm)

Freshwater 2

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 3

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Scientific Name

Rana temporaria 4

Conservation Status

Least Concern 4

Comparison

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Common frog (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rana temporaria (Animal Diversity Web)

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rana temporaria (Animal Diversity Web)

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rana temporaria (Animal Diversity Web)

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Sources

1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rana temporaria (Animal Diversity Web)

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
Food Habits
Rana temporaria eats insects, their larvae, wood lice, spiders, snails and worms.
In Biome: Boreal Forest, Habitat: Terrestrial Biomes
Terrestrial Biomes taiga taiga forest forest mountains mountains
In Biome: River, Habitat: Aquatic Biomes
Aquatic Biomes lakes and ponds rivers and streams
In Biome: Lake, Habitat: Aquatic Biomes
Aquatic Biomes lakes and ponds rivers and streams

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2. GBIF Species API

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3. Common frog (Wikipedia)

Introduced range
Other areas where the common frog has been introduced include the Isle of Lewis, Shetland, Orkney and the Faroe Islands.
Farming
R. temporaria are farmed.

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4. Common frog (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q27465 (P225 taxon name)
Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q27465
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Wikidata Q27465 (P1034 main food source): Tipuloidea
Main food source (Wikidata property P1034): Tipuloidea.
Child Taxon Of: Ranidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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