Edible frog

Edible frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Pelophylax
Species:
P. lessonae × P. ridibundus
Binomial name
Pelophylax kl. esculentus
Synonyms

The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) is a species of frogs. It lives in Europe. It is also known as water frog or green frog. However, green frog is usually given to the North American frog Lithobates clamitans. It is used for food, in countries such as France, Germany and Italy, for the delicacy frog legs.[1] Females are between 5 and 9 cm (2.0 and 3.5 in) long, males between 6 and 11 cm (2.4 and 4.3 in).

  • A swimming frog
    A swimming frog
  • Copulation trial between two males
    Copulation trial between two males
  • Proof of cannibalism
    Proof of cannibalism
  • Close-up of the frog head
    Close-up of the frog head
  • Close-up of the head, other perspective
    Close-up of the head, other perspective
  • Edible frog on an arm
    Edible frog on an arm

References

  1. ↑ Truman, Matthew (1843). "Food and its influence on food and disease". The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art. 1. Leavitt, Trow, & Company: 40.

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