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2017.06.11. 03 Anglerteiche Rimbach Seefrosch🐸

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SpeciesAnuraRanidae
Amphibians

🐸Marsh frog

Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771)

The marsh frog is a species of water frog native to Europe and parts of western Asia.

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ 1/820th of your weight
Also called
Eurasian Marsh Frog
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.08 kg
Body length
0.11 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
11 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Marsh frog

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.08 kg
AmphiBIO
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Body length
0.11 m
AmphiBIO
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
11 yearsrecord 12 years · AmphiBIO
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 6835
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Diet
arthropods, vertebrates
AmphiBIO
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Source: AmphiBIO · v1 (Oliveira et al. 2017) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Marsh frog yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAmphibia
  4. ›orderAnura
  5. ›familyRanidae
  6. ›genusPelophylax
  7. ›speciesPelophylax ridibundus
Full lineage
  1. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  2. orderFrogs & toads · Anura
  3. familyRanidae
  4. genusPelophylax
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classAmphibians · Amphibia
  9. superorderBatrachia
  10. orderFrogs & toads · Anura
  11. suborderNeobatrachia
  12. superfamilyRanoidea
  13. familyRanidae
  14. genusPelophylax
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More about the Marsh frog

Closest relative on this site
🐸 Moor frog — last shared an ancestor ≈ 65 million years ago.
In other languages
skokan skřehotavý (cs), mölysammakko (fi), Latterfrosk (nb), żaba śmieszka (pl), Grenouille rieuse (fr), tavibéka (hu) … and 21 more languages
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2017.06.11. 03 Anglerteiche Rimbach SeefroschRanaRidibundaFemale
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