#1884 · 🐸 amphibians

Greek frog

🇳🇱 Griekse Beekkikker ·Rana graeca

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The Greek stream frog or simply Greek frog ( Rana graeca ) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater springs, and pastureland. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,177iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,177 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Albert Boulenger in 1891 (135 years ago).