Pelophylax kl. esculentus

Ranidae
**Pelophylax kl. esculentus** (Linnaeus, 1758)
Edible Frog, Green Frog, Common Water-frog

= Rana kl. esculenta Linnaeus, 1758
Pelophylax kl. esculentus had a hybrid origin from Pelophylax lessonae and Pelophylax ridibundus
Pelophylax kl. hispanicus is now consider to have originated from reproduction between Pelophylax lessonae bergeri and some carrier of Pelophylax ridibundus genome. Thus, it is conspecific with Pelophylax kl. esculentus

	Adult, Botanical garden of Jeli, Hungary, May 17, 2003 (Photo by Ákos Baracsy)
	Adult, Botanical garden of Jeli, Hungary, May 17, 2003 (Photo by Ákos Baracsy)
	Adult, Velence, Hungary, June 30, 2001 (Photo by Ákos Baracsy)
	Adult, De Meinweg, Limburg, The Netherlands, April 1999 (Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
	Adult, La Brenne, dept. de l'Indre, France, May 2000 (Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
	Adult, De Meinweg, Limburg, The Netherlands, April 1999 (Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
	Adult, Oasi del Simeto, Sicily, Italy, October 2001 (Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)
	Adult, Oasi del Simeto, Sicily, Italy, October 2001. Callus internus (Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)

Distribution:

Central Europe from France to the Volga River Basin (Russia), Italy including Sicily

Similar species:

Pelophylax epeiroticus (Ranidae)
Pelophylax kl. grafi (Ranidae)
Pelophylax kurtmuelleri (Ranidae)
Pelophylax lessonae (Ranidae)
Pelophylax perezi (Ranidae)
Pelophylax ridibundus (Ranidae)

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