Green Frog Group - Pelophylax spp

The Green Frog Group are three related and interbreeding species:

Edible Frog Pelophylax kl. esculentus (la Grenouille verte).
Pool Frog Pelophylax lessonae (la Grenouille de Lessona).
Marsh Frog Pelophylax ridibundus (la Grenouille rieuse).

For photos of Green Frogs taken by Loire Valley Nature in the Foret de Preuilly, see our other blog Days on the Claise.

Look out for frogspawn in still and slow moving water in March.

Frogspawn in a ditch in Preuilly in March.

Frogspawn.

1 - 2 typical Green Frog, May.