Edible frog facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Edible Frog
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Pelophylax
Species:	P. lessonae × P. ridibundus
Binomial name
Pelophylax kl. esculentus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Pelophylax esculentus (Linnaeus, 1758) Rana esculenta Linnaeus, 1758

The Edible Frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) is a species of frogs. It lives in Europe. It is also known as water frog or green frog. However, green frog is usually given to the North American frog Lithobates clamitans. The Edible frog is used as a food source to people in France.

P. esculentus is endemic to Europe. It naturally occurs from the northern half of France to western Russia, and from Estonia and Denmark to Bulgaria and northern Italy. The edible frog is introduced in Spain and the United Kingdom. The natural range is nearly identical to that of P. lessonae

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  A swimming frog

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  Copulation trial between two males

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  Proof of cannibalism

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  Close-up of the frog head

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  Close-up of the head, other perspective

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  Edible frog on an arm

Images for kids

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  Example crosses between pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae), marsh frog (P. ridibundus) and their hybrid, edible frog (P. kl. esculentus). The first is the primary hybridisation generating the hybrid; the second is the most widespread type of hybridogenesis.

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  Edible frog in pond habitat

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  Edible frog in a swamp

See also

In Spanish: Rana comestible para niños