Rana esculenta, Pelophylax esculenta

A male sitting in the water at the edge of a pond at night. Scania, south Sweden, April 2007.
Here the form is a valid species.

Another male sitting in the water at the edge of a pond at night. Same site, June 2009.

A calling male. June 2009.

A large female. Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. September 2008.
In this area it should probably be regarded as a "lessonae/ridibunda" hybrid.

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