Pelophylax kl. grafi

Graf's hybrid frog
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Ranidae
Genus: Pelophylax
Species: P. perezi × P. ridibundus
Binomial name
Pelophylax kl. grafi
(Crochet, Dubois, Ohler & Tunner, 1995)
Synonyms

Pelophylax grafi (Crochet, Dubois, Ohler & Tunner, 1995)
Rana grafi Crochet, Dubois, Ohler & Tunner, 1995

Graf's hybrid frog (Pelophylax kl. grafi) is a hybridogenic species in the true frog family Ranidae. It is found in France and Spain; in French it is called grenouille de Graf and in Spanish it is known as rana de Graf.

Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

Hybridogenesis in Graf's hybrid frog Pelophylax kl. grafi (P–G system).[1]

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References

  1. Holsbeek, G.; Jooris, R. (2010). "Potential impact of genome exclusion by alien species in the hybridogenetic water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex)" (PDF). Biol Invasions. Springer Netherlands. 12: 1–13. doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9427-2. ISSN 1387-3547. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
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