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title: "Grenouille de Lessona"
description: "Pelophylax lessonae — Amphibiens. The pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/pool-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grenouille de Lessona

> Pelophylax lessonae — Amphibiens. The pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae.

- Scientific name: *Pelophylax lessonae*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amphibiens)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lacs et rivières)
- iNaturalist observations: 4897
- iNaturalist taxon: [1558164](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1558164)

## Names

- en: Pool Frog
- de: Kleiner Wasserfrosch
- es: Rana verde centroeuropea
- fr: Grenouille de Lessona

## Countries with the most observations

RU (857), FR (516), DE (160), PL (132), NL (39), LT (37), BY (27), LU (27), BE (23), GB (23), CZ (21), LV (20)

## Summary

The pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is found in and around shallow, stagnant bodies of water across much of Europe, from France in the west to Russia in the east. Active in such areas from March to October, it disperses from the water to hibernate in woodland soil during the winter, and can tolerate being frozen overnight while hibernating. A close relative of the marsh frog, the two species can interbreed to produce a hybrid called the edible frog, which maintains its own population by breeding with one of its parental species. The pool frog is very similar in appearance…

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

## Photo

![Grenouille de Lessona](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pool-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Egor Filippov · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118962364

## Machine access

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