Italian edible frog

Italian edible frog
File:Rana ridibunda II.jpg
Conservation status
Least Concern Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Pelophylax
Species:	P. bergeri × P. ridibundus
Binomial name
Pelophylax kl. hispanicus (Bonaparte, 1839)
File:Pelophylax hispanicus map.png
Synonyms
Pelophylax hispanicus (Bonaparte, 1839) Rana hispanica Bonaparte, 1839

The Italian edible frog (Pelophylax kl. hispanicus) is a hybridogenic species in the true frog family Ranidae. These frogs are the offspring of P. bergeri and either P. ridibundus or the edible frog (P. kl. esculentus) which is itself of hybrid origin.

It is endemic to Italy; despite the specific name hispanicus (Latin for "the Spanish one"), it does not occur in Spain. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

File:Hybridogenesis in water frogs Italian edible frog Pelophylax kl. hispanicus B-H.gif

Hybridogenesis in Italian edible frog Pelophylax kl. hispanicus (B–H system).

See also

• Hybridogenesis in water frogs

References

• Andreone, F. 2004. Pelophylax hispanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.