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title: "European Common Frog"
description: "Rana temporaria — Anfibi. The common frog or grass frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic true frog, European pond frog, European brown frog, or simply the frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, except for most of the Iberian Peninsula, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/european-common-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Common Frog

> Rana temporaria — Anfibi. The common frog or grass frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic true frog, European pond frog, European brown frog, or simply the frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, except for most of the Iberian Peninsula, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans.

- Scientific name: *Rana temporaria*
- Category: `amphibians` (Anfibi)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 94721
- Wikidata: [Q27465](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27465)
- iNaturalist taxon: [25591](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/25591)

## Names

- en: European Common Frog
- de: Grasfrosch
- es: Rana Bermeja
- fr: Grenouille rousse
- nl: Bruine kikker
- pl: Żaba trawna

## Countries with the most observations

GB (19107), IT (10291), RU (9384), DE (8436), FR (6225), AT (4938), DK (4440), PL (2579), FI (2481), CZ (1996), CH (1948), NL (1741)

## Summary

The common frog or grass frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic true frog, European pond frog, European brown frog, or simply the frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, except for most of the Iberian Peninsula, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans. The farthest west it can be found is Ireland. It is also found in Asia, and eastward to Japan. The nominative, and most common, subspecies Rana temporaria temporaria is…

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

## Photo

![European Common Frog](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-common-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sara Scorey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/377413290

## Machine access

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