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Balkan Stream Frog

Rana graeca

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Greece.January 2, February 6, March 5, April 36, May 53, June 51, July 83, August 63, September 41, October 23, November 6, December 2.
Greece371
Epirus-Western Macedonia128
Peloponisos-W. Greece & Ionian102
Macedonia-Thrace83
Thessalia-Central Greece57
Bulgaria7
Blagoevgrad4
Kyustendil2
Attica1
Plovdiv1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • VocalKnown for distinctive calls, songs, or vocalizationsFrom its classification

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassAmphibians · Amphibia
OrderFrogs and Toads · Anura
FamilyTypical Frogs · Ranidae
GenusPond Frogs · Rana

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Balkan Stream Frog with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.