Edible frog

Edible frog
Scientific 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; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Pelophylax esculentus (Linnaeus, 1758); Rana esculenta Linnaeus, 1758;

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

References

↑ 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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[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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