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Where does the Marsh Frog live?

Pelophylax ridibundus has 92,617 records in 63 countries and territories, from 1837 to 2026. Most records come from France.

Marsh Frog
Marsh Frog — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAmphibiaAnuraRanidaePelophylax

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
France 30,743
Belgium 15,089
Russia 11,806
Ukraine 6,275
Netherlands 4,456
Austria 4,125
Germany 2,469
Israel 1,809
Kazakhstan 1,800
Türkiye 1,540
United Kingdom 1,415
Georgia 1,319
Greece 1,226
Bulgaria 921
Poland 872
Armenia 742
Iran 573
Romania 532
Czechia 497
Croatia 494
Azerbaijan 440
Uzbekistan 308
Italy 268
Cyprus 267
Turkmenistan 261
Hungary 202
Moldova 198
Kyrgyzstan 181
Belarus 171
Denmark 146
North Macedonia 141
Saudi Arabia 131
Tajikistan 94
Serbia 79
Albania 76
Iraq 73
Switzerland 70
Finland 69
Luxembourg 69
Syria 69

Showing the top 40 of 63 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.