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Long-legged wood frog

The long-legged wood frog, also known as Caucasus frog, Brusa frog, or Uludağ frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.

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Long-legged wood frog
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Rana
Species:
R. macrocnemis
Binomial name
Rana macrocnemis
Boulenger, 1885
Synonyms12
  • Rana camerani (Boulenger, 1886)
  • Rana cameranoi (Boettger, 1892)
  • Rana holtzi (Werner, 1898)
  • Rana kisatibensis (Riabinin, 1928 "1927")
  • Rana macrocnermis ssp. holtzi (Veith, Kosuch, & Vences 2003)
  • Rana temporaria ssp. warenzowi (Terentjev, 1923)

The long-legged wood frog (Rana macrocnemis), also known as Caucasus frog, Brusa frog,1 or Uludağ frog, is a species of frog in the family Ranidae found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.

Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, rural gardens, urban areas, water storage areas, ponds, and introduced vegetation. It is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

References

References

  1. IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2023). "Rana macrocnemis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T125195737A125195886. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T125195737A125195886.en.
  2. "Rana macrocnemis Boulenger, 1885". Amphibian Species of the World 6.2. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2026-04-20.