- Pool Frog
Taxobox
name = Pool frog
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [IUCN2006|assessors=Kuzmin "et al"|year=2004|id=58643|title=Rana lessonae|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes a range map and justification for why this species is of least concern]
trend = down
image_width = 240px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Amphibia
ordo =Anura
familia =Ranidae
genus = "Rana"
species = "R. lessonae"
binomial = "Rana lessonae"
binomial_authority = Camerano, 1882The Pool Frog ("Rana lessonae") is a European
frog . It is one of only threeamphibian species recognized by theUK government as protected under itsBiodiversity Action Plan . The reasons for declining populations are decreasedpond habitat from human encroachment and alsoair pollution leading to over-nitrification of pond waters.Pool Frogs in Britain
The Pool Frog has not always been recognised as a native British species. Part of the reason for this is that other similar species are known to have been introduced. However research has now shown that a native origin is most likely.
The
Herpetological Conservation Trust website states that "The Pool Frog was formerly recorded from two sites inEast Anglia although it was lost from one of these in the middle of the 19th century. It was presumed extinct in the wild at the last remaining site by 1995. A single individual known from this population survived in captivity until 1999. Other populations have become established in the UK and it is known that some of these included individuals of British origin in their founding stock."An
English Nature reintroduction project is underway inBreckland .References
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaw3OpTopcA Movie with sound Youtube]
ee also
*
Edible Frog
*Marsh Frog External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/4143224.stm BBC News article on the reintroduction]
* [http://www.herpconstrust.org.uk/animals/pool_frog2.htm Species page at the Herpetological Conservation Trust website]
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