Pool Frog

Scientific Name: 
Rana lessonae
Length: 
60-70 mm
Description: 

This frog became extinct in Britain in the late 1990s and has recently been reintroduced from Sweden. Pool frogs are variable in colour from green to brown but in the U.K. are predominately brown

Distribution: 

Recently reintroduced in East Anglia

Habitat: 

Prefer open, sunny ponds adjacent to woodland or in meadows.

Reproduction: 

Pool frogs are territorial and communicate by means of a variety of calls made by the white vocal sacs on each side of it's mouth. The mating call is a series of soft burbling/purring calls, which last up to two seconds, the pitch rising throughout the call. The female lays between 600 - 3000 eggs in several batches over the season.

Behaviour: 

Hibernates throughout the Winter, often in the mud at the bottom of ponds.

Did You Know?: 

This species of frog can often be found sunbathing at the side of pools, even in the hottest weather.