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Perez's Frog

Pelophylax perezi

Description:

They are very variable, in fact so variable that this is not a significant for identification, they can be uniform, dark in colour, or yellowish with regular or irregular dark spots or blotches. This species often has a light line running down the back. Their belly is whitish sometimes speckled with darker blotches. Their eyes are golden.

Habitat:

Perez's Frog (Pelophylax perezi) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in southern France, Portugal, Spain, and two sites in the United Kingdom; in Spain it is very abundant, as evidenced by its Spanish name rana común ("common frog") Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, sandy shores, arable land, and urban areas. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN

Notes:

spotted in the Félinhos river beach

1 Species ID Suggestions

Perez's Frog / Rã-verde
Pelophylax perezi / Rana perezi


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7 Comments

GonçaloFerreira
GonçaloFerreira 11 years ago

You're welcome.

thanks Gonçalo and Arlanda for the id and Ava to :)

arlanda
arlanda 11 years ago

Maybe rã-verde

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

Antonio! We have matching frogs! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/140...

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

striking colors!

C.Sydes
C.Sydes 11 years ago

great series

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Very cool nice shots!

Braga, Portugal

Spotted on May 19, 2012
Submitted on May 26, 2012

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