Edible frog

Edible frog
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Synonyms
Sounds made by edible frogs
Pelophylax esculentus complex

The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus)[1][2] is a hybrid species of common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species Rana clamitans).

It is used for food, particularly in France as well as Germany and Italy, for the delicacy frog legs.[3] 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).

This widespread and common frog has many common names, including European dark-spotted frog, European black-spotted pond frog, and European black-spotted frog.

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  3. ^ 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.