Long-legged wood frog

The long-legged wood frog (Rana macrocnemis), also known as Caucasus frog, or Uludağ frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Turkmenistan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, and introduced vegetation. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Long-legged wood frog

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species:
R. macrocnemis
Binomial name
Rana macrocnemis
Boulenger, 1885
Synonyms
  • Rana camerani Boulenger, 1886
  • Rana holtzi Werner, 1898
  • Rana macrocnemis ssp. camerani (Boulenger, 1886)

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