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title: "Taurus Frog"
description: "Rana macrocnemis — Amphibians. The long-legged wood frog (Rana macrocnemis), 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/taurus-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Taurus Frog

> Rana macrocnemis — Amphibians. The long-legged wood frog (Rana macrocnemis), 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.

- Scientific name: *Rana macrocnemis*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibians)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers), `urban` (Towns & gardens), `farm` (Farm)
- iNaturalist observations: 1478
- Wikidata: [Q719417](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q719417)
- iNaturalist taxon: [134985](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/134985)

## Names

- en: Taurus Frog
- de: Kleinasiatischer Braunfrosch
- es: Rana camerani
- fr: Grenouille du Caucase
- nl: Long-legged Wood Frog
- pl: Żaba kaukaska

## Countries with the most observations

GE (521), RU (484), AM (160), TR (106), AZ (31), IR (15)

## Summary

The long-legged wood frog (Rana macrocnemis), 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.
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…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-legged_wood_frog

## Photo

![Taurus Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/taurus-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Светлана Царахова · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162924477

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/taurus-frog?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).