#1836 · 🐸 amphibians

European Common Frog

🇳🇱 Bruine Kikker ·Rana temporaria

LCleast concern 🐸 Amphibians 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Jörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © floris_heemskerk · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © H. Krisp · CC BY 4.0
4. © Татьяна Химера · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Dr. Sven Gippner · CC BY 4.0
6. © Philippe Garcelon · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Katrin Simon · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The common frog ( Rana temporaria ), also known as the European common frog , European common brown frog , or European grass frog , is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, except for most of Iberia, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans. The farthest west it can be found is Ireland, where it has long been thought, erroneously, to be an entirely...

base stats

NL sightings 1,761iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 96,491iNaturalist 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 1,761 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #2 most seen of the amphibians in NL.
96,491 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).