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This is a list of amphibians of Great Britain. There are nine amphibian species native to Great Britain, in addition, there are a number of naturalized species. The natives comprise three newts, three toads and three frogs.
| Image | Name | Larva |
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 | Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) |  |
 | Smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) |  |
 | Palmate newt (Lissotriton helveticus) |  |
| Image | Name | Tadpole |
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 | Common toad (Bufo bufo) |  |
 | Spiny toad (Bufo spinosus) – Jersey | |
 | Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) |  |
| Image | Name | Tadpole / froglet |
|---|---|---|
 | Common frog (Rana temporaria) |  |
 | Pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) | |
 | Agile frog (Rana dalmatina) – Jersey |  |
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The edible frog is a species of common European frog, also known as the common water frog or green frog.
The Alytidae are a family of primitive frogs. Their common name is painted frogs or midwife toads. Most are endemic to Europe, but three species occur in northwest Africa, and a species formerly thought to be extinct is found in Israel.
The marsh frog is a species of water frog native to Europe and parts of western Asia.
The European fire-bellied toad is a species of fire-bellied toad native to eastern parts of mainland Europe, where it can be found near waterbodies such as ponds and marshes. It is known for its red colored belly used to ward off predators, an example of aposematism, and its distinctive "whoop" call.
The Betic midwife toad or Sapo Partero Bético is a species of frog in the family Alytidae. It is endemic to mountainous in south eastern Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, pastureland, ponds, and aquaculture ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Pelophylax is a genus of true frogs widespread in Eurasia, with a few species ranging into northern Africa. This genus was erected by Leopold Fitzinger in 1843 to accommodate the green frogs of the Old World, which he considered distinct from the brown pond frogs of Carl Linnaeus' genus Rana.
The fertile hybrids of European water frogs reproduce by hybridogenesis (hemiclonally). This means that during gametogenesis, they discard the genome of one of the parental species and produce gametes of the other parental species. The first parental genome is restored by fertilization of these gametes with gametes from the first species. In all-hybrid populations of the edible frog Pelophylax kl. esculentus, however, triploid hybrids provide this missing genome.
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