#1844 · 🐸 amphibians
Edible Frog
🇳🇱 Bastaardkikker ·Pelophylax esculentus
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what is it?
The edible frog ( Pelophylax kl. esculentus ) is a name for a common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species Rana clamitans ).
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
- Spotted 66 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #10 most seen of the amphibians in NL.
- 6,705 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Edible Frog
- Nederlands
- Bastaardkikker
- scientific name
- Pelophylax esculentus
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Ranidae
- sightings in NL
- 66
- sightings in Europe
- 2,921
- sightings worldwide
- 6,705
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Ranidae
#1836 📷 7European Common Frog
🇳🇱 Bruine Kikker
Rana temporaria
LC 👀 1.8k in NL
#1841 📷 7Moor Frog
🇳🇱 Heikikker
Rana arvalis
LC 👀 136 in NL
#1843 📷 7Marsh Frog
🇳🇱 Meerkikker
Pelophylax ridibundus
LC 👀 71 in NL
#1846 📷 10Pool Frog
🇳🇱 Poelkikker
Pelophylax lessonae
LC 👀 40 in NL
#1853 📷 10Agile Frog
🇳🇱 Springkikker
Rana dalmatina
LC 👀 2 in NL
#1906 📷 10North American Green Frog
🇳🇱 Schreeuwkikker
Lithobates clamitans
LC 🌍 169.2k seen
#1857 📷 10American Bullfrog
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Stierkikker
Lithobates catesbeianus
LC 🌍 153k seen
#1910 📷 9Wood Frog
🇳🇱 Boskikker
Lithobates sylvaticus
LC 🌍 76.2k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 66322, Wikidata Q31694, GBIF 5784980, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.