Ranidae Pelophylax kurtmuelleri Pelophylax perezi
Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, [1882])
Pool Frog

= Rana lessonae Camerano, [1882]

P. lessonae (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult, De Meinweg, Limburg, The Netherlands, April 1999
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)

P. lessonae (© Jan Van Der Voort)

Adult, De Meinweg, Limburg, The Netherlands, April 1999. Callus internus
(Photo by Jan Van Der Voort)

P. lessonae (© Bert Blok)

Adult, Havelte, The Netherlands, May 2004
(Photo by Bert Blok, Bedreigde flora in Nederland)

P. lessonae (© Horia Bogdan)

Adult, Livada, Satu-Mare region, Romania, May 14, 2005
(Photo by Horia Bogdan, Herpetological Club of Oradea web site)

P. lessonae (© Horia Bogdan)

Adult, Livada, Satu-Mare region, Romania, May 14, 2005
(Photo by Horia Bogdan, Herpetological Club of Oradea web site)

P. lessonae (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adults (mating) ssp. bergeri (Günther, 1986), Vitinia (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

P. lessonae (© Lars Bergendorf)

Adult ssp. bergeri (Günther, 1986), Corse, France, September 2004
(Photo by Lars Bergendorf, club100.net)

P. lessonae (© Lars Bergendorf)

Adult ssp. bergeri (Günther, 1986), Corse, France, September 2004
(Photo by Lars Bergendorf, club100.net)

P. lessonae (© Paolo Mazzei)

Larva ssp. bergeri (Günther, 1986), Vitinia (Roma), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)


Distribution:
France and southern Sweden to Volga River basin (Russia), Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia, and to Romania; possibly introduced into southern England. Isolated record in southern Norway

Similar species:
Pelophylax epeiroticus (Ranidae)
Pelophylax kl. esculentus (Ranidae)
Pelophylax kl. grafi (Ranidae)
Pelophylax kurtmuelleri (Ranidae)
Pelophylax perezi (Ranidae)
Pelophylax ridibundus (Ranidae)

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