Cretan Frog

Cretan Frog
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Pelophylax
Species:	P. cretensis
Binomial name
Pelophylax cretensis (Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994)
Synonyms
Rana cretensis Beerli, Hotz, Tunner, Heppich & Uzzell, 1994

The Cretan Frog (Pelophylax cretensis) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to Greece.

Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Source

• Beerli, P. & Uzzell, T. 2004. Rana cretensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 July 2007.

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