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title: "Bastaardkikker"
description: "Pelophylax esculentus — Amfibieën. The edible frog (Pelophylax kl."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/edible-frog
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bastaardkikker

> Pelophylax esculentus — Amfibieën. The edible frog (Pelophylax kl.

- Scientific name: *Pelophylax esculentus*
- Category: `amphibians` (Amfibieën)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 6473
- Wikidata: [Q31694](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31694)
- iNaturalist taxon: [66322](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/66322)

## Names

- en: Edible Frog
- de: Teichfrosch
- es: Rana comestible
- fr: Grenouille verte européenne
- nl: Bastaardkikker
- pt: Pelophylax kl. esculentus
- pl: Żaba wodna

## Countries with the most observations

DK (1691), DE (342), SE (208), PL (101), FR (98), NL (63), CZ (46), UA (46), AT (43), RU (27), IT (26), FI (23)

## Summary

The edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus) is a hybrid species of common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog (however, this latter term is also used for the North American species Rana clamitans).
It is used for food, particularly in France as well as Germany and Italy, for the delicacy frog legs. Females are between 5 and 9 cm (2.0 and 3.5 in) long, males between 6 and 11 cm (2.4 and 4.3 in).
This widespread and common frog has many common names, including European dark-spotted frog,  European black-spotted pond frog, and European black-spotted frog.

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

## Photo

![Bastaardkikker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/edible-frog/medium.jpg)

Photo: Patrick Le Mao · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150147413

## Machine access

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