Animals in Crete - a cache series about the wildlife at the island of Crete. This is the second cache of the series: Frogs
The Cretan frog (Pelophylax cretensis) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae. It is endemic to Greece.
A medium-sized frog reaching up to 6.5 cm in length. The Cretan frog is generally light grey to brown and mottled with brown or olive-grey spots on its back, while the throat and underside of the body are whitish-grey. Occasionally, the upperparts of the Cretan frog may be grass-green with distinct brown spots. The insides of the hind legs are yellow, and the sides of the body may also have yellowish colouration. This species has a prominent dark brown fold of skin down the back.
Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss. Source:Wikipedia
Special note about the container: we placed it there in 2016 but it took several attempts to complete this listing :-)
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