The common frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog and European common brown frog, is a semi-aquatic frog of the family Ranidae found throughout much of Europe including the British Isles.
The common frog, also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, or simply a 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 Iberia, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans. The farthest west it can be found is Ireland, where it has long been thought, erroneously, to be an entirely introduced species. They are also found in Asia, and eastward to Japan.
Common frog may also refer to:
- Common green frog (Hylarana erythraea), a frog in the family Ranidae found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
- Common mist frog (Litoria rheocola), a frog in the family Ranidae native to northeastern Queensland, Australia
- Common parsley frog (Pelodytes punctatus), a frog in the family Pelodytidae found France, Spain, Portugal and a small part of Northwestern Italy (Piemont and Liguria)
- Common puddle frog (Occidozyga laevis), a frog in the family Dicroglossidae endemic to the Philippines
- Common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus), a frog in the family Hyperoliidae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, and possibly the Central African Republic, Chad and Eritrea
- Common rocket frog (Colostethus panamansis), a frog in the family Dendrobatidae found in northwestern Colombia and Panama
- Common sand frog (Tomopterna cryptotis), a frog in the family Pyxicephalidae found in Sub-Saharan Africa
The common green frog is a frog species of in the true frog family Ranidae; some sources still use the old name Rana erythraea. It lives in Southeast Asia and is also known as green paddy frog, red-eared frog or leaf frog. The last name, however, commonly refers to the Neotropical tree frogs which make up the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. These are not closely related to H. erythraea, belonging to family Hylidae instead.
The common mist frog is a species of tree frog native to north-eastern Queensland, Australia.
The common parsley frog is a very small and slender frog with long hindlegs, flat head and vertical pupils. Males reach only 3.5, females 4.5 centimetres. The upper side of the body is variable in colour, usually with irregular green patches on a light brown, grey or light olive background. The frog's back is dotted with elongated warts, often in undulating longitudinal rows that can be orange along the flanks. Behind the protruding eyes and above the tympanum, there is short, small gland. It does not have parotid glands. The underside is white, and around the pelvis yellowy orange. In the mating season, males develop dark swellings on the insides of their digits and forelimbs, as well as on the chest. The males' forelimbs are stronger than females'.
