#1873 · 🐸 amphibians
Common Parsley Frog
🇳🇱 Groengestipte Kikker ·Pelodytes punctatus
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what is it?
The common parsley frog ( Pelodytes punctatus ) is a very small and slender frog with long hindlegs, flat head and vertical pupils. 5 centimetres. The upper side of the body is variable in colour, usually with irregular green patches on a light brown, grey or light olive background. The frog's back is dotted with elongated warts, often in undulating longitudinal rows that can be orange along the flanks. Behind the protruding eyes...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,885 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by François Marie Daudin in 1802 (224 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Parsley Frog
- Nederlands
- Groengestipte Kikker
- scientific name
- Pelodytes punctatus
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Pelodytidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 2,764
- sightings worldwide
- 2,885
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1802 by François Marie Daudin
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pelodytidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 548418, Wikidata Q523730, GBIF 2424293, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.