Marsh frog: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the marsh frog lives – recorded in 18 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pelophylax ridibundus
Group	Frogs & toads
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	18 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe
Class	Amphibian
Order	Anura
Family	Ranidae

Where does the marsh frog live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the marsh frog in 18 countries and territories across Asia and Europe. In Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Russia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the marsh frog endangered?

The marsh frog’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the marsh frog?

The marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is an amphibian in the order Anura and the family Ranidae, genus Pelophylax. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the marsh frog

The marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is native to continental Europe and parts of western Asia, where it inhabits bodies of water from puddles and ponds to lakes and rivers, and even brackish coastal environments, as well as their surrounding areas. Closely related to the pool frog and Perez's frog, the marsh frog can interbreed with these species to produce fertile hybrids called the edible frog and Graf's hybrid frog respectively, which maintain their populations by breeding with one of their parental species. Though the marsh frog is very similar to these related forms in appearance, it can be distinguished from them based on vocal sac color, snout shape, leg length, the shape of a hardened lump on the foot, the extent of the foot webbing and various skeletal features.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Marsh frog (revision 1380234512), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q319393 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).