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#1846 · 🐸 amphibians

Pool Frog

🇳🇱 Poelkikker ·Pelophylax lessonae

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Thorsten Stegmann · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  2. 2. © Dmitry Kulakov · CC BY 4.0
  3. 3. © Dmitry Kulakov · CC BY 4.0
  4. 4. © Павлик Лисицын · CC BY 4.0
  5. 5. © Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  6. 6. © Alexey Katz · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © DenisNikitenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © Валерия Ковалева · CC BY 4.0
  9. 9. © Вадим Рыбаков · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. © houbara · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Pool Frog, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Thorsten Stegmann · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The pool frog ( Pelophylax lessonae ) is a European frog in the family Ranidae. Its specific name was chosen by the Italian herpetologist Lorenzo Camerano in 1882, in order to honour his master Michele Lessona.

base stats

  • NL sightings 40iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,950iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

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 40 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #12 most seen of the amphibians in NL.
  • 4,950 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Pool Frog
Nederlands
Poelkikker
scientific name
Pelophylax lessonae
class
Amphibia
order
Anura
family
Ranidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
40
sightings in Europe
2,024
sightings worldwide
4,950
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Ranidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1558164, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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