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Pelophylax cerigensis (Karpathos Frog)

Synonyms: Hylarana cerigensis; Rana cerigensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Karpathos frog (Pelophylax cerigensis) is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is endemic to Greece. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, intermittent rivers, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land and ponds. It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Pelophylax cerigensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Pelophylax cerigensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
53
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.43
EDGE Score: 4.21
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  15,000
Litters / Year [1]  1
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.756 inches (7 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Aegean and Western Turkey sclerophyllous and mixed forests Greece, Turkey, Macedonia Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub  

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Voreia Karpathos Kai Saria Kai Paraktia Thalassia Zoni Special Protection Area (Birds Directive) 27918 Greece    

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Oliveira, Brunno Freire; São-Pedro, Vinícius Avelar; Santos-Barrera, Georgina; Penone, Caterina; C. Costa, Gabriel. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Sci. Data.
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0