Pelophylax kurtmuelleri (Gayda, 1940) – Żaba bałkańska – Balkan water frog

Information in Alien Species in Poland database are purely scientific and not legally binding.

Status

The species is cryptogenic (it is not possible to determine if it is alien or native in Poland)

Currently present in the environment

Reproducing in the environment

Numbers or/and range trends unknown

Potentially invasive alien species

Occurrence

Map of occurrence

Areas on the map correspond to pemanent occurrence of the species. Points on the map indicate introduction places and/or single records of the species; they do not always correspond to current presence of the species in a given locality.

Information that could update the map of occurence of the species can be sent to ias@iop.krakow.pl

References

• Kolenda K., Pietras-Lebioda A., Hofman S., Ogielska M., Pabijan M. 2017. Preliminary genetic data suggest the occurrence of the Balkan water frog, Pelophylax kurtmuelleri, in southwestern Poland Amphibia-Reptilia 38: 187-196. link

Life form: Amphibian

Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae

Scientific synonyms: Rana balcanica Schneider, Sinsch and Sofianidou, 1992; Rana kurtmuelleri Gayda, 1940

English synonyms: Balkan frog