Italian edible frog

Short description: Hybrid amphibian

Italian edible frog

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Amphibia
Order:  | Anura
Family:  | Ranidae
Genus:  | Pelophylax
Species:  |

P. bergeri × P. ridibundus

Binomial name
Pelophylax kl. hispanicus

(Bonaparte, 1839)

Synonyms

* Pelophylax hispanicus (Bonaparte, 1839)
* Rana hispanica Bonaparte, 1839

The Italian edible frog (Pelophylax kl. hispanicus) is a hybridogenic species in the true frog family Ranidae. These frogs are the offspring of P. bergeri and either P. ridibundus or the edible frog (P. kl.  esculentus) which is itself of hybrid origin.

It is endemic to Italy; despite the specific name hispanicus (Latin for "the Spanish one"), it does not occur in Spain. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Hybridogenesis in Italian edible frog Pelophylax kl. hispanicus (B–H system).[1]

## See also

* Hybridogenesis in water frogs

## References

* Andreone, F. 2004. Pelophylax hispanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.  Downloaded on 23 July 2007.

1. ↑ Holsbeek, G.; Jooris, R. (2010). "Potential impact of genome exclusion by alien species in the hybridogenetic water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex)". Biol Invasions (Springer Netherlands) 12 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9427-2. ISSN 1387-3547. Bibcode: 2010BiInv..12....1H. http://www.herpetologynotes.seh-herpetology.org/Volume6_PDFs/Mori_HerpetologyNotes_volume6_pages515-517.pdf. Retrieved 2015-06-21.

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