- Balkan Frog
Taxobox | name = Balkan Frog
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status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Anura
familia =Ranidae
genus = Rana
species = "R. kurtmuelleri"
binomial = "Rana kurtmuelleri"
binomial_authority = Gayda, 1940The Balkan Frog ("Rana kurtmuelleri") is a species of
frog occurring inGreece and, to a lesser extent, inAlbania ,Montenegro , andSerbia . The species highly resembles "Rana ridibunda ", from which it was only distinguished in 1991 by bio-acoustic analysis. The separation of the species is not unanimously accepted.The average length is 72 mm for males, 78 mm for females. The back is green or occasionally brown, often with a light green stripe down the middle, and with darker spots irregularly distributed across the back. The tympanum is bronze or green surrounded by a darker color.
The species is found across Greece except in the northeastern corner, where "R. ridibunda" is found instead. In Western Greece it lives along with "
Rana epeirotica ". It occurs from sea level up to 1000 m, though large populations are not found above 600 m. Small introduced populations live inDenmark andItaly .External links
* [http://amphibiaweb.org/cgi-bin/amphib_query?query_src=aw_lists_alpha_&where-genus=Rana&where-species=kurtmuelleri Amphibiaweb.org listing]
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