#1869 · 🐸 amphibians
Italian Stream Frog
🇳🇱 Italiaanse Beekkikker ·Rana italica
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what is it?
The Italian stream frog ( Rana italica ) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family found in Italy and San Marino. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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.
- 3,666 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Italian Stream Frog
- Nederlands
- Italiaanse Beekkikker
- scientific name
- Rana italica
- class
- Amphibia
- order
- Anura
- family
- Ranidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 3,100
- sightings worldwide
- 3,666
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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
#1844 📷 8Edible Frog
🇳🇱 Bastaardkikker
Pelophylax esculentus
👀 66 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
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 25616, Wikidata Q631617, GBIF 2426815, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.